Ryzen 9 7950X vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
Ryzen 9 7950X
2022
16 cores / 32 threads, 170 Watt
39.46
+1966%

Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 1966% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking197167
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency30.1121.95
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Raphael (Zen 4) (2022)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed1.1 GHz4.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm5 nm
Die sizeno dataCCD = 2x 70 sq. mm, I/O = 122 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data47 °C
Number of transistorsno data13140 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X 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
SocketFCBGA1338AM5
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2CCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm, 0.650 - 1.475 V
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD GraphicsAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X 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 Ryzen 9 7950X 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 Ryzen 9 7950X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes824
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
Ryzen 9 7950X 39.46
+1966%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 62680
+1964%

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 484
Ryzen 9 7950X 2985
+517%

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 1116
Ryzen 9 7950X 19448
+1643%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 8448
+104%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 72098
+648%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 21064
+429%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 1.96
+763%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 69
+1811%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 5948
+1944%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 316
+178%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 3.7
+162%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 31.6
+1029%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 15614
+1074%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 270
+1369%

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
Ryzen 9 7950X 381
+308%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 1915
Ryzen 9 7950X 23897
+1148%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 1935
+2150%
Ryzen 9 7950X 86

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 727
Ryzen 9 7950X 2226
+206%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N6000 3305
Ryzen 9 7950X 8118
+146%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N6000 9212
Ryzen 9 7950X 157038
+1605%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N6000 146
Ryzen 9 7950X 375
+157%

CrossMark Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 469
Ryzen 9 7950X 2325
+396%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 104
Ryzen 9 7950X 303
+191%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 3786
+2725%
Ryzen 9 7950X 134

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 39.46
Integrated graphics card 5.58 4.43
Recency 11 January 2021 27 September 2022
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 170 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 26% faster integrated GPU, and 2733.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7950X, on the other hand, has a 1966% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7950X 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 Ryzen 9 7950X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 7950X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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