Ultra 7 268V vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
Core Ultra 7 268V
2024
8 cores / 8 threads, 17 Watt
8.76
+359%

Core Ultra 7 268V outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 359% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 7 268V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1971873
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency30.1348.77
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 7 268V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
L1 cacheno data192 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 7 268V 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
SocketFCBGA1338Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 7 268V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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 7 268V 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 7 268V 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 7 268V. 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 140V
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core Ultra 7 268V 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 7 268V 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 7 268V 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 7 268V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes84
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
Ultra 7 268V 8.76
+359%

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 3037
Ultra 7 268V 13916
+358%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 1915
Ultra 7 268V 9766
+410%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 8.76
Recency 11 January 2021 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 10 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 17 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 183.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 268V, on the other hand, has a 358.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 7 268V is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.


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