Intel Pentium Silver N6000: specs and benchmarks
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- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Summary
Intel started Intel Pentium Silver N6000 sales 11 January 2021. This is Jasper Lake architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3300 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1338 processor with a TDP of 6 Watt and a maximum temperature of °C. It supports DDR4 memory.
General info
Of Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 1361 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Architecture codename | Jasper Lake | |
| Release date | 11 January 2021 (less than a year ago) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF) |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 5 (Apple M1) |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Silver N6000 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1338 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 6 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| vPro | - | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Smart Response | - | |
| GPIO | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| Identity Protection | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H) |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Pentium Silver N6000.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 850 MHz | |
| Execution Units | 32 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| MIPI-DSI | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2160@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2160@60Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2160@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.2 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | |
| Number of USB ports | 14 | |
| Integrated LAN | - | |
| UART | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Silver N6000. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
- 3DMark06 CPU
- TrueCrypt AES
- x264 encoding pass 2
- x264 encoding pass 1
- WinRAR 4.0
- Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
- Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
- Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
- Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
- Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
- Passmark
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes called Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
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.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Pentium Silver N6000 is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Pentium Silver N6000 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Pentium Silver N6000 from AMD is FX-9830P, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Silver N6000:
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.