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Sales Opportunity Guide Intel® Pentium® Silver and Celeron® Processors Sales Opportunity Better Performance Faster Security And battery life Enabled Browsing better web browsing 3 UP TO UP 79% experience better Windows* browsing and sharing application hours of Security- with password 1 2 ** APPROX. UP TO UP 58% performance 10 battery life enabled managers Flexible connectivity Enhanced media and choices graphics experience graphics Gigabit Fast networking performance performance with the first Gigabit Wi-Fi PC 4 UP TO UP 2.7X improvement Wi-fi* capability on entry level systems – faster than wired Dynamically boost your display visibility outdoors in sunlight with Gigabit Ethernet connection5,6 Local Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (LACE) technology 1. As projected by SYSmark* 2014 v1.5 on Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor N5000 PL1=6W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.7GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR4 2400, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 vs. Intel® Pentium® Processor N3540, PL1=7.5W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.66GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR3L-1333, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 > 2. As projected by 1080p Video Playback on Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor N5000 , PL1=6W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.7GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR4 2400, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 Battery: 35WHr, 12.5", 1920x1080 > 3. As projected by WebXPRT* 2015 on Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor N5000 PL1=6W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.7GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR4 2400, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 vs. Intel® Pentium® Processor N3540, PL1=7.5W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.66GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR3L-1333, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 > 4. As projected by 3DMark 11 on Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor N5000 PL1=6W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.7GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR4 2400, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 vs. Intel® Pentium® Processor N3540, PL1=7.5W TDP, 4C/4T, up to 2.66GHz, Memory: 2x2GB DDR3L-1333, Storage: Intel SSD, OS: Windows* 10 RS2 > 5. Under industry recognized ideal conditions for both Wi-Fi and wired connections > 6. 802.11ac 160MHz provides 1.73Gbps maximum throughput, 2X faster than standard 802.11ac 2x2 80MHz (867Mbps) and nearly 12x faster than baseline 1x1 BGN (150Mbps) Wi-Fi used in today’s PCs. To achieve Gigabit wireless speeds the network requires a wireless router/access point that supports 160MHz channel **Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer. Benchmark results were obtained prior to implementation of recent software patches and firmware updates intended to address exploits referred to as "Spectre" and "Meltdown". Implementation of these updates may make these results inapplicable to your device or system. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Scale Within Scale to Newer Entry-level Mobile processor portfolio Microarchitecture Microarchitecture Intel® Atom™ Intel® Celeron® Intel® Pentium® Intel® Celeron® Intel® Pentium® Intel® Pentium® Processor X Series Processor N Series Processor N Series Processor N Series Processor Silver Series Processor Gold Series Processor Microarchitecture enhancements bring improvement to overall processor performance Airmont Goldmont Goldmont Plus Kaby Lake Product Code Name Cherry Trail Apollo Lake Gemini Lake Kaby Lake Higher processor frequency can improve performance 1.44GHz to 1.10 GHz to 1.10 GHz to 1.10 GHz to 1.10 GHz to 2.30 GHz 2.56 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.50 GHz 2.60 GHz 2.70 GHz Lower Thermal Design Power allows for more portability and higher TDP for more compute performance 2 W 6 W 15W An increased number of cores/threads allows more work to be 4 / 4 2 / 2 - 4 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 2 – 4 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 4 done simultaneously Larger cache can improve performance 2 MB 2 MB L2 2 MB 4 MB 4 MB 2 MB System memory should scale with application demands 2 GB - 8 GB Up to 8 GB Up to 32 GB Intel® UHD Graphics enables graphics performance increase Up to 600MHz Up to 700MHz Up to 750MHz Up to 700MHz Up to 750MHz Up to 950 MHz Higher number of Execution Units (EU) combined with Graphics 12 - 16 12 18 12 18 12 version can increase graphics performance Intel® HD Intel® HD Intel® HD Intel® UHD Intel® UHD Intel® Graphics Version Intel® HD Graphics Graphics 500 Graphics 505 Graphics 600 Graphics 605 Graphics 610 Higher maximum memory bandwidth supports faster data transfers between processor and memory for improved application response 12.8 GB/s - 25.6 GB/s 12.8 GB/s - 25.6 GB/s 34.1 GB/s Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX) & OS Guard No No No No No Yes Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) No No No Yes Yes Yes Intel® AES New Instructions, Intel® VT-d, Intel® VT-x Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Intel the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation. 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