Ultra 5 225 vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1955not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency30.13no data
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads410
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 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
SocketFCBGA13381851
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD GraphicsArc Xe-LPG Graphics 32EU
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225 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 Core Ultra 5 225 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 Core Ultra 5 225 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes820
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

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 10
Threads 4 10
Chip lithography 10 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 225, on the other hand, has 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 5 225. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 5 225 is a desktop one.


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