Soon the first Intel Pentium Silver and Intel Celeron processors will arrive, a low-cost, high-performance and high-performance processor designed for different entry and mobile segments.

Intel decided some time ago to change the name of the Pentium and make it similar to that of the Intel Xeon, which according to their characteristics, are called Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond. In the case of Intel Pentiums, there are only two categories: Intel Pentium Silver and Intel Pentium Gold. The architecture that debuts this name are the Gemini Lake and they are designed for low-cost systems and embedded systems. They will continue to be simple solutions with a very low TDP and offering great versatility to users.

These processors within the range of CPUs of the company, are below the Core i3, so we are not going to ask for pears to the elm. The Intel Pentium Silver are characterized by being based on the Gemini Lake architecture, thinking more about embedded equipment and low-power systems, while the Pentium Gold are based on Kaby Lake, thinking about embedded equipment and entry-level gaming, ideal to combine with an NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or an AMD RX 460, to play at 720p / 1080p in medium or high qualities.

The two mentioned Pentium families have the new display technology, which has been called Local Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (LACE) and is implemented within the processors. This curious technology allows users to see the screen in good brightness and bright light outdoors, therefore they are also intended for tablets.

Regarding the performance of these processors, there is no data compared to the previous generation, but it has been highlighted that users can handle spreadsheets, web browsing or photo editing with up to 58% faster speed. Within the Pentium Silver range we will find the N5000 for mobile devices and the J5005 for desktop computers, while the Intel Celeron will be the N4100 and N4000 for mobile devices and the J4105 and J4005 for desktop computers.

Source: Intel