Intel Core i3-10100Y vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Combined performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
1.99
+4.2%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18061840
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years old)30 August 2018 (5 years old)

Technical specs

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography10 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y 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
SocketFCBGA1338BGA1377
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPPno data-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
Identity Protection++
SGX-no data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR3, DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency850 MHz1 GHz
Execution Units3224

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-10100Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes810
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 1.99
+4.2%
i3-10100Y 1.91

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Silver N6000 3049
+3.9%
i3-10100Y 2935

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 4% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium Silver N6000 4132
i3-10100Y 5292
+28.1%

Core i3-10100Y outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by 28% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium Silver N6000 9643
i3-10100Y 9659
+0.2%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium Silver N6000 16.92
i3-10100Y 15.98
+5.9%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 6% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium Silver N6000 4
+41.9%
i3-10100Y 3

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 42% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium Silver N6000 291
+32.3%
i3-10100Y 220

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 32% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium Silver N6000 114
i3-10100Y 122
+7.3%

Core i3-10100Y outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by 7% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium Silver N6000 1.41
+1.4%
i3-10100Y 1.39

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 1% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Silver N6000 2.8
+55.6%
i3-10100Y 1.8

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Core i3-10100Y by 56% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Silver N6000 1330
i3-10100Y 1683
+26.5%

Core i3-10100Y outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by 27% in WinRAR 4.0.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.99 1.91
Integrated graphics card 1.57
Recency 11 January 2021 30 August 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 5 Watt

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