Pentium Silver N6000 vs PRO A8-8650B

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Aggregate performance score

PRO A8-8650B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.02
+5.8%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91

PRO A8-8650B outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19121955
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency2.9430.13
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A8-8650B 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.3 GHz
L2 cache4096 KB1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm10 nm
Die size245 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature71 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-8650B 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
SocketFM2+FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no 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.

PRO A8-8650B 2.02
+5.8%
Pentium Silver N6000 1.91

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.

PRO A8-8650B 3208
+5.7%
Pentium Silver N6000 3034

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.

PRO A8-8650B 437
Pentium Silver N6000 484
+10.8%

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.

PRO A8-8650B 1019
Pentium Silver N6000 1118
+9.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.02 1.91
Recency 29 September 2015 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

PRO A8-8650B has a 5.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000.

Note that PRO A8-8650B is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between PRO A8-8650B and Pentium Silver N6000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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