Pentium Silver N6005 vs Atom x5-Z8300

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8300
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
0.53
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.47
+555%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a whopping 555% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking27541471
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2016)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$197 $475

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.44 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.84 GHz3.3 GHz
L2 cache2 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketUTFCBGA592FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)no data10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection++
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size2 GB16 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequency500 MHz900 MHz
Execution Units1232

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x10804096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes18
USB revision3.02.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom x5-Z8300 0.53
Pentium Silver N6005 3.47
+555%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 555% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Atom x5-Z8300 814
Pentium Silver N6005 5374
+560%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 560% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Atom x5-Z8300 130
Pentium Silver N6005 547
+321%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 321% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Atom x5-Z8300 357
Pentium Silver N6005 1429
+300%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 300% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Atom x5-Z8300 942
Pentium Silver N6005 3970
+321%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 321% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom x5-Z8300 2934
Pentium Silver N6005 12496
+326%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 326% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom x5-Z8300 1691
Pentium Silver N6005 5451
+222%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 222% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Atom x5-Z8300 36.4
Pentium Silver N6005 16.55
+120%

Atom x5-Z8300 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 120% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Atom x5-Z8300 1
Pentium Silver N6005 5
+315%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 315% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Atom x5-Z8300 94
Pentium Silver N6005 319
+239%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 239% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Atom x5-Z8300 27
Pentium Silver N6005 121
+348%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 348% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Atom x5-Z8300 0.35
Pentium Silver N6005 1.48
+323%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 323% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 0.6
Pentium Silver N6005 2.8
+358%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 358% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 780
Pentium Silver N6005 1675
+115%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 115% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 7
Pentium Silver N6005 25
+261%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 261% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 36
Pentium Silver N6005 119
+233%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 233% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 3.47
Recency 2 March 2015 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.


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