Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

Pentium Silver N5030 vs Core i7 Q 740 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 Q 740 is faster than the Pentium Silver N5030. Despite this, the Pentium Silver N5030 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7 Q 740 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 740 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Silver N5030.

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. For instance, the Pentium Silver N5030 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.