AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Comparative analysis of AMD RX-421BD and Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD

  • Around 125826% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2.70 GHz
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7025 vs 3495
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7025 vs 3495
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz vs 2.70 GHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7025 vs 3495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7025 vs 3495

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N5000

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 89.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 719 vs 8
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2072 vs 1942
  • 89.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 719 vs 8
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2072 vs 1942
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 December 2017 vs 21 October 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 719 vs 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2072 vs 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 719 vs 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2072 vs 1942

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD RX-421BD
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Silver N5000

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
8
719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
1942
2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
7025
3495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
8
719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
1942
2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
7025
3495
Name AMD RX-421BD Intel Pentium Silver N5000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8 719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1942 2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7025 3495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8 719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1942 2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7025 3495
PassMark - Single thread mark 1134
PassMark - CPU mark 2598
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1226

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD RX-421BD Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Essentials

Architecture codename Merlin Falcon Gemini Lake
Family AMD R-Series
Launch date 21 October 2015 11 December 2017
Place in performance rating 1658 1613
Processor Number RX-421BD N5000
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $161
Series Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor Series
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2100 MHz 1.10 GHz
Die size 1073 mm2
L1 cache 320 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz 2.70 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Maximum core temperature 105 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400 DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 800 MHz 200 MHz
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon R7 series Intel® UHD Graphics 605
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x3184
Execution Units 18
Graphics max dynamic frequency 750 MHz
Max video memory 8 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3
MIPI-DSI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA 25mm x 24mm
Sockets supported BGA (FP4) FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.8 W
Thermal Solution 105 deg C

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
UART
USB revision 3.0 2.0/3.0
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel® Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes 6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 8
PCIe configurations 1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Total number of SATA ports 2

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)