i9-12900HK vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
Core i9-12900HK
2022
14 cores / 20 threads, 45 Watt
17.12
+796%

Core i9-12900HK outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 796% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1971377
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency30.1135.98
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads420
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK 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
SocketFCBGA1338FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK. 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++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD GraphicsIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency850 MHz1.45 GHz
Execution Units3296

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.54.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-12900HK.

PCIe versionno data4.0
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

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
i9-12900HK 17.12
+796%

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
i9-12900HK 27196
+795%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 4132
i9-12900HK 9397
+127%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 9643
i9-12900HK 49924
+418%

3DMark06 CPU

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 3985
i9-12900HK 15598
+291%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 16.92
i9-12900HK 3.41
+396%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 4
i9-12900HK 27
+659%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Pentium Silver N6000 291
i9-12900HK 2836
+875%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 114
i9-12900HK 270
+138%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 1.41
i9-12900HK 3.26
+131%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 2.8
i9-12900HK 14.1
+404%

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.

Pentium Silver N6000 1330
i9-12900HK 8735
+557%

x264 encoding pass 2

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.  

Pentium Silver N6000 18
i9-12900HK 125
+580%

x264 encoding pass 1

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.  

Pentium Silver N6000 93
i9-12900HK 300
+222%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 1915
i9-12900HK 13683
+614%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 1935
+969%
i9-12900HK 181

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 727
i9-12900HK 1868
+157%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N6000 3305
i9-12900HK 5803
+75.6%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N6000 9212
i9-12900HK 72836
+691%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N6000 146
i9-12900HK 300
+105%

CrossMark Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 469
i9-12900HK 1945
+315%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 104
i9-12900HK 259
+149%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 3786
+817%
i9-12900HK 413

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 17.12
Recency 11 January 2021 4 January 2022
Physical cores 4 14
Threads 4 20
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 650% lower power consumption.

i9-12900HK, on the other hand, has a 796.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and 250% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

The Core i9-12900HK is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.


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