Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs Core m5-6Y57

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Combined performance score

m5-6Y57
1.52

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20021968
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core m5Intel Pentium Silver
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)11 December 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$281$161
Current price$693 (2.5x MSRP)$358 (2.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 speed2.8 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mmno data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1750 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 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
SocketFCBGA1515FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)4.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000. 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
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth29.8 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 515Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory16 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency900 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes106
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
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.

m5-6Y57 1.52
Pentium Silver N5000 1.59
+4.6%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 5% in our combined 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%

m5-6Y57 2337
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+4.5%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 4% in Passmark.

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%

m5-6Y57 3849
+67.7%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 68% 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%

m5-6Y57 6428
Pentium Silver N5000 6688
+4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 4% 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%

m5-6Y57 2596
Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+27.9%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 28% 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%

m5-6Y57 21.9
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+30.1%

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 30% 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%

m5-6Y57 2
Pentium Silver N5000 3
+41.4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 41% 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%

m5-6Y57 180
Pentium Silver N5000 237
+31.4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 31% 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%

m5-6Y57 101
+29.5%
Pentium Silver N5000 78

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 29% 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%

m5-6Y57 1.13
+20.2%
Pentium Silver N5000 0.94

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 20% 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%

m5-6Y57 1.5
Pentium Silver N5000 1.9
+26.7%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 27% 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%

m5-6Y57 2264
+81.8%
Pentium Silver N5000 1245

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 82% 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%

m5-6Y57 93
+21.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 76

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 21% 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%

m5-6Y57 12
Pentium Silver N5000 15
+31.4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 31% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

m5-6Y57 2672
+50.3%
Pentium Silver N5000 1778

Core m5-6Y57 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 50% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

m5-6Y57 5244
Pentium Silver N5000 5548
+5.8%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core m5-6Y57 by 6% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.52 1.59
Integrated graphics card 1.36 1.17
Recency 1 September 2015 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Cost $281 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 6 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core m5-6Y57 and Pentium Silver N5000. The differences in performance seem too small.


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