AMD EPYC 9174F vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030

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AMD EPYC 9174F CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
AMD EPYC 9174F Intel Pentium Silver N5030

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9174F or Intel Pentium Silver N5030 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F was released in Q4/2022.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 was released in Q4/2019.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 9004 (21) CPU group Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4)
4 Generation 9
Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Architecture Gemini Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is at 1.10 GHz (3.10 GHz).

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5030
16 Cores 4
32 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.10 GHz
4.15 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5030
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD EPYC 9174F or Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 18
-- Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 9174F can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 460.8 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5030
DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400
6144 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
460.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
16.00 MB L2 Cache --
256.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
128 PCIe lanes 6
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 320 W, while the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5030
320 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
400 W TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.8 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9174F is manufactured in 5 nm and has 272.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5030
5 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
SP5 Socket BGA 1090
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2019
3850 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 (24%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 (7%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
1764 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
500 (28%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
22864 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1333 (6%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
2286 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
458 (20%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
13687 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
979 (7%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.75 GHz
216 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
10 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2639 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
91 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
265 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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