Pentium Silver N6005 vs Core i7-4700MQ

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Aggregated performance score

Core i7-4700MQ
2013
4 cores / 8 threads
3.43
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads
3.45
+0.6%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Core i7-4700MQ by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking14421439
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date27 May 2013 (10 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$288no data
Current price$906 (3.1x MSRP)$475

Technical specs

Core i7-4700MQ 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 speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Die size177 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4700MQ 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
SocketFCPGA946FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4700MQ 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® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI+no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection++
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4600Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
VGA+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x2160@30Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA2880x1800@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/1212
OpenGL4.34.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version3no 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+

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.

i7-4700MQ 3.43
Pentium Silver N6005 3.45
+0.6%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Core i7-4700MQ by 1% based on our aggregated 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%

i7-4700MQ 5355
Pentium Silver N6005 5383
+0.5%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Core i7-4700MQ by 1% 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%

i7-4700MQ 995
+82.2%
Pentium Silver N6005 546

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 82% 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%

i7-4700MQ 3037
+113%
Pentium Silver N6005 1426

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 113% 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%

i7-4700MQ 4934
+24.3%
Pentium Silver N6005 3970

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 24% 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%

i7-4700MQ 19019
+52.2%
Pentium Silver N6005 12496

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 52% 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%

i7-4700MQ 6872
+26.1%
Pentium Silver N6005 5451

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 26% 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%

i7-4700MQ 8.37
+97.7%
Pentium Silver N6005 16.55

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Core i7-4700MQ by 98% 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%

i7-4700MQ 7
+42.1%
Pentium Silver N6005 5

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 42% 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%

i7-4700MQ 631
+97.8%
Pentium Silver N6005 319

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 98% 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%

i7-4700MQ 132
+9.1%
Pentium Silver N6005 121

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 9% 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%

i7-4700MQ 1.51
+2%
Pentium Silver N6005 1.48

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 2% 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%

i7-4700MQ 3.7
+34.5%
Pentium Silver N6005 2.8

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 35% 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%

i7-4700MQ 4266
+155%
Pentium Silver N6005 1675

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 155% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

i7-4700MQ 148
+24.6%
Pentium Silver N6005 119

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 25% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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%

i7-4700MQ 39
+53.7%
Pentium Silver N6005 25

Core i7-4700MQ outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 54% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.43 3.45
Integrated graphics card 1.83
Recency 27 May 2013 11 January 2021
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 10 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i7-4700MQ and Pentium Silver N6005. The differences in performance seem too small.


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