Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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 PRO 7940HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
17.74
+829%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 829% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1971350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency30.1147.94
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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)
Threads416
Base clock speed1.1 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB8 MB
L3 cache4 MB16 MB
Chip lithography10 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1338FP7/FP8
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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 PRO 7940HS are enumerated here.

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 PRO 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD GraphicsAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 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 PRO 7940HS 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 PRO 7940HS 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 PRO 7940HS 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 PRO 7940HS.

PCI Express lanes8no data
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 PRO 7940HS 17.74
+829%

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 PRO 7940HS 28175
+828%

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 PRO 7940HS 2303
+376%

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 PRO 7940HS 10865
+874%

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 PRO 7940HS 2360
+711%

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 PRO 7940HS 275
+142%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 1915
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 9959
+420%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 1935
+804%
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 214

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 727
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 1956
+169%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N6000 3305
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 6215
+88%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N6000 9212
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 61303
+565%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N6000 146
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 296
+103%

CrossMark Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 469
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 1555
+232%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Pentium Silver N6000 104
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 252
+142%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Pentium Silver N6000 3786
+1004%
Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 343

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 17.74
Integrated graphics card 5.58 18.32
Recency 11 January 2021 13 June 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 10 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 483.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 828.8% higher aggregate performance score, 228.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.


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