AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Pentium Silver N5000 AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Pentium AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  9 1
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 AMD Ryzen 2000U

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.70 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 605 AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.75 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  18 6
• Shader
  144 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 8
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 12

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium Silver N5000 or AMD Ryzen 3 2300U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  -- 12 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Raven Ridge (Zen)
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 FP5
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2018

List of devices based on Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U.

• Used in
  ASUS VivoBook 14 N5000Acer Swift 1 N5000MEDION Notebook N5000Lenovo IdeaPad N5000 Unknown