Athlon X4 730 vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
+33.6%
Athlon X4 730
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.43

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Athlon X4 730 by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19572184
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency30.132.08
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data192K
L2 cache1.5 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography10 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 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
SocketFCBGA1338FM2
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphicsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanes8no data
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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 Silver N6000 1.91
+33.6%
Athlon X4 730 1.43

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 3034
+33.2%
Athlon X4 730 2278

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium Silver N6000 484
+30.8%
Athlon X4 730 370

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium Silver N6000 1116
+3.9%
Athlon X4 730 1074

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 1.43
Recency 11 January 2021 2 October 2012
Chip lithography 10 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has a 33.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X4 730 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 730 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Athlon X4 730, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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