Pentium Silver N6000 vs Opteron 248
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Opteron 248 by a whopping 519% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3401 | 2273 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 0.33 | 29.86 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | SledgeHammer (2003−2005) | Jasper Lake (2021) |
| Release date | November 2003 (22 years ago) | January 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $12 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 248 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1.5 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 193 mm2 | 63.8 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 106 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 248 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | 940 | FCBGA1338 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| TSX | - | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 32 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| MIPI-DSI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2160@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 248 and Pentium Silver N6000.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.2 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 14 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.27 | 1.67 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium Silver N6000 has a 518.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 1383.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 248 in performance tests.
Be aware that Opteron 248 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.
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