Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Pentium Gold G6500

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Combined performance score

Pentium Gold G6500
2.70

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Pentium Gold G6500 by 29% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15771423
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date30 April 2020 (3 years old)11 January 2021 (3 years old)
Current price$93 $475

Technical specs

Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 speed4.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 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
SocketFCLGA1200FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-no data
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005.

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.

Pentium Gold G6500 2.70
Pentium Silver N6005 3.49
+29.3%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Pentium Gold G6500 by 29% 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%

Pentium Gold G6500 4145
Pentium Silver N6005 5368
+29.5%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Pentium Gold G6500 by 30% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.70 3.49
Integrated graphics card 3.08
Recency 30 April 2020 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 10 Watt

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold G6500 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G6500 and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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