Intel Core i5-8350U vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030

Core i5-8350U vs Pentium Silver N5030 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8350U is faster than the Pentium Silver N5030. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Silver N5030 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8350U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8350U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Silver N5030. The Pentium Silver N5030 outputs less heat than Core i5-8350U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8350U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.