
Similar to the predecessor, Intel specifies the TDP with 6 Watts (SDP 4.8 Watts – Scenario Design Power).

The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 material (8-bit color-depth). Equipped with 18 EUs and a clock of up to 750 MHz, the performance should be roughly on par with the older HD Graphics 5300 and HD Graphics 505 (Apollo Lake). The UHD Graphics 605 (Gemini Lake) is based on Intel's Gen9 architecture, which supports DirectX 12 and is also used for the Kaby Lake / Skylake / Apollo Lake graphics adapters (like HD Graphics 520). Still for basic tasks like office suits, webbrowsing with moderate multitasking the processor performance should be fine. Compared to the more expensive Core Y processors, especially the single thread performance is much lower in the Gemini Lake based SoCs. The CPU performance of the Pentium Silver N5000 is thanks to the slightly revised CPU architecture and the 200 MHz higher boost clock slightly better than the old Pentium N4200 (1.1 - 2.5 GHz). That means the per-clock-performance should be a bit better, but not near the Core CPUs like Kaby Lake Y. It features an increased level 2 cache (to 4 MB). The processor architecture was slightly reworked and is now called Goldmont Plus.

The SoC is not replaceable as it is directly soldered to the mainboard. Besides four CPU cores, the chip also includes a DirectX 12 capable GPU as well as a DDR4/LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel, up to 2400 MHz).

Similar to the Apollo Lake predecessor, the chip is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFETs but offers slightly improved processor cores, double the amount of L2 cache, a smaller package, a new generation of monitor outputs (Gen 10) and a partly integrated WiFi chip. 2.6 GHz) and is based on the Gemini Lake platform. It runs at 1.1-2.7 GHz (Single Core Burst, Multi Core Burst max.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 is a quad-core SoC primarily for inexpensive notebooks and was announced late 2017. Intel Pentium Silver N5000 ► remove from comparison
