Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Family
  Intel Pentium Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  9 2
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 2x Kryo 468 Gold
• B-Core
  - 6x Kryo 468 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz 2.55 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.7 GHz 2.55 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.55 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  18 0
• Generation
  9.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 605 Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU Turbo
  750 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2019
• Shader
  144 128
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 and Intel Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 LPDDR4X-2133
• PCIe lanes
  6 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  6 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Kryo 468
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Part Number
  - SC7180P
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2021
• Socket
  BGA 1090 -
• Technology
  14 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None