Pentium Silver N6005 vs Atom x5-Z8550

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8550
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
0.72
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38
+369%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom x5-Z8550 by a whopping 369% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26871557
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data31.99
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8550 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 speed2.4 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-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8550 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
SocketUTFCBGA1380FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)no data10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 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 Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8550 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-Z8550 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-Z8550 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency600 MHz900 MHz
Execution Units1232

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x21604096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP2560x16004096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8550 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-Z8550 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes28
USB revision3.02.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB ports314
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-Z8550 0.72
Pentium Silver N6005 3.38
+369%

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.

Atom x5-Z8550 1144
Pentium Silver N6005 5367
+369%

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.

Atom x5-Z8550 170
Pentium Silver N6005 548
+222%

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.

Atom x5-Z8550 487
Pentium Silver N6005 1419
+191%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Atom x5-Z8550 134
Pentium Silver N6005 319
+138%

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.

Atom x5-Z8550 36
Pentium Silver N6005 121
+236%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.72 3.38
Recency 8 February 2016 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Pentium Silver N6005 has a 369.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8550 in performance tests.


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