AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon II X4 860K Intel Pentium Silver N5030
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Athlon II Intel Pentium
• Generation
  1 9
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon II (Kaveri) Intel Pentium J5000/N5000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030 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
  3.70 GHz 1.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 3.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  4.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.75 GHz
• Execution units
  18
• Shader
  144
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030 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
  DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  6

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon II X4 860K or Intel Pentium Silver N5030? 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)
  95 W 6 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri Gemini Lake
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ BGA 1090
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q4/2019

List of devices based on AMD Athlon II X4 860K and Intel Pentium Silver N5030.

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