i9-14900F vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
2.00
Core i9-14900F
2024
24 cores / 32 threads, 65 Watt
31.31
+1466%

Core i9-14900F outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 1466% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1932136
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data52.00
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency30.3343.83
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$524

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F 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
SocketFCBGA1338FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F. 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-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F 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 i9-14900F 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 i9-14900F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size16 GB192 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F 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 i9-14900F 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 i9-14900F 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 i9-14900F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes816
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 2.00
i9-14900F 31.31
+1466%

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 3059
i9-14900F 47808
+1463%

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 481
i9-14900F 2889
+501%

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 1103
i9-14900F 18474
+1575%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.00 31.31
Recency 11 January 2021 8 January 2024
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 32
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i9-14900F, on the other hand, has a 1465.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

The Core i9-14900F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Core i9-14900F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i9-14900F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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