AMD EPYC 7763 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

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Combined performance score

Pentium Silver N6005
3.49

EPYC 7763 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 1492% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking142320
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data1.19
Market segmentLaptopServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Milan (2021)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years old)15 March 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,890
Current price$475 $13541 (1.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads4128
Base clock speed2 GHz2.45 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm7 nm+
Die sizeno data8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA1338SP3
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
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 N6005 and EPYC 7763. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size16 GB4 TiB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD GraphicsN/A
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency900 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanes8128
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 N6005 3.49
EPYC 7763 55.57
+1492%

EPYC 7763 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 1492% 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 N6005 5368
EPYC 7763 85354
+1490%

EPYC 7763 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 1490% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium Silver N6005 546
EPYC 7763 1379
+153%

EPYC 7763 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 153% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium Silver N6005 1428
EPYC 7763 11241
+687%

EPYC 7763 outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 687% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.49 55.57
Recency 11 January 2021 15 March 2021
Physical cores 4 64
Threads 4 128
Chip lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 280 Watt

The EPYC 7763 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6005 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7763 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6005 and EPYC 7763, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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