Pentium Silver N6000 vs Pentium Silver A1030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver A1030
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.79
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.70
+115%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Pentium Silver A1030 by a whopping 115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking28152225
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency2.2311.98
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameno dataJasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 July 2020 (5 years ago)January 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.5 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data63.8 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 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 Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesupto-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency700 GHz850 MHz
Execution Units1232

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes68
USB revision2.0/3.02.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports814
Integrated LAN--
UART++

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.

Pentium Silver A1030 0.79
Pentium Silver N6000 1.70
+115%

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.

Pentium Silver A1030 1380
Samples: 1
Pentium Silver N6000 2987
+116%
Samples: 230

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.79 1.70
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has a 115.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver A1030 in performance tests.

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