Pentium Silver N6005 vs Athlon 64 2850e

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1467
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release dateAugust 2008 (15 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$25 $475

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache128Kno data
L2 cache512K1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistors122 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM2FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)22 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 22 Watt 10 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 2850e and Pentium Silver N6005. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 2850e is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


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