Pentium Silver N6000 vs Pentium Silver J5005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1941	1957
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.46	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Power efficiency	18.45	30.13
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.3 GHz
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	93 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	-
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 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 J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	850 MHz
Execution Units	18	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
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 Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N6000.

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.95	1.91
Integrated graphics card	1.17	5.58
Recency	11 December 2017	11 January 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

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