Pentium Silver N6000 vs i5-10210Y

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1683	1972
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Comet Lake	no data
Power efficiency	29.65	30.13
Architecture codename	Comet Lake-Y (2019)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	21 August 2019 (5 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	UTFCBGA1377	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.33 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors	Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory	16 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	850 MHz
Execution Units	24	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304@24Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	3840 x 2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	3840 x 2160@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10210Y and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	10	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no 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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.82	1.91
Recency	21 August 2019	11 January 2021
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	6 Watt

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