Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030

VS

Apple M2 Pro

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Pentium Silver N5030 with 4 cores 1.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Pro 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 2.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Pentium Silver N5030 's Advantages

Lower TDP (6W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +212%

1632

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

522

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +985%

13929

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

1283

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +544%

2650

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

411

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +1544%

14275

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

868

Blender

Apple M2 Pro +2008%

253

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

12

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +296%

1986

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

501

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +972%

14863

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

1386

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +228%

4116

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

1254

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +911%

26265

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

2597

Apple M2 Pro

VS

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Nov 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Gemini Lake Refresh

-

Processor Number

N5030

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1090

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 605

Package

40 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

6 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

-

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR4-2400

32 GB

Max Memory Size

8 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

750 MHz

2432

Shader Units

-

152

Texture Units

-

76

Raster Operation Units

-

304

Execution Units

-

35 W

Power Consumption

-

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

6.8 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Pentium Silver N5030

4.0

PCIe Version

2.0

-

PCIe Lanes

6

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2

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