Pentium Silver N6000 vs m3-8100Y

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Aggregate performance score

Core m3-8100Y
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.79
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
+6.7%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core m3-8100Y by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20261971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore m3no data
Power efficiency33.8630.11
Architecture codenameAmber Lake-Y (2018−2021)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date30 August 2018 (6 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data

Detailed specifications

Core m3-8100Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core m3-8100Y 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1515FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000. 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+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core m3-8100Y 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++
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth33.3 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 615Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency900 MHz850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes108
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.

m3-8100Y 1.79
Pentium Silver N6000 1.91
+6.7%

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.

m3-8100Y 2837
Pentium Silver N6000 3037
+7%

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.

m3-8100Y 3850
Pentium Silver N6000 4132
+7.3%

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.

m3-8100Y 6055
Pentium Silver N6000 9643
+59.2%

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.

m3-8100Y 18.57
Pentium Silver N6000 16.92
+9.8%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

m3-8100Y 180
Pentium Silver N6000 291
+62.1%

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.

m3-8100Y 97
Pentium Silver N6000 114
+17.7%

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.

m3-8100Y 1.7
Pentium Silver N6000 2.8
+64.7%

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.

m3-8100Y 1646
+23.8%
Pentium Silver N6000 1330

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.  

m3-8100Y 11
Pentium Silver N6000 18
+64.3%

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.  

m3-8100Y 58
Pentium Silver N6000 93
+60.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

m3-8100Y 1397
Pentium Silver N6000 1915
+37.1%

Blender(-)

m3-8100Y 2206
+14%
Pentium Silver N6000 1935

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

m3-8100Y 846
+16.3%
Pentium Silver N6000 727

7-Zip Single

m3-8100Y 2983
Pentium Silver N6000 3305
+10.8%

7-Zip

m3-8100Y 6246
Pentium Silver N6000 9212
+47.5%

WebXPRT 3

m3-8100Y 136
Pentium Silver N6000 146
+7.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.79 1.91
Integrated graphics card 1.98 5.58
Recency 30 August 2018 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 6 Watt

m3-8100Y has 20% lower power consumption.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has a 6.7% higher aggregate performance score, 181.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Silver N6000.


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