Pentium Silver N6005 vs i3-1120G4

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Primary details

Comparing Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1569
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiencyno data31.97
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-UP4 (2020)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i3-1120G4 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate2 GT/sno data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-1120G4 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
SocketFCBGA1598FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
Identity Protection-+
SGX--
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz900 MHz
Execution Units4832

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-1120G4 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes168
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


Recency 2 September 2020 11 January 2021
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

i3-1120G4 has 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6005, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 50% lower power consumption.

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