Pentium Silver N6000 vs Pentium D1509

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1856
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Architecture codename	no data	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	1 October 2015 (8 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D1509 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
L2 cache	no data	1.5 MB
L3 cache	3 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D1509 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	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1667	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
GPIO	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	850 MHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium D1509 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 Pentium D1509 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 Pentium D1509 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version	2.0/3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	32	8
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports	6	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	8	14
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2015	11 January 2021
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	6 Watt

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