Ryzen 7 5825U vs Pentium Silver N6005

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38
Ryzen 7 5825U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.54
+241%

Ryzen 7 5825U outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by a whopping 241% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1557673
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency31.9972.81
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)6 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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
SocketFCBGA1338FP6
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
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+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency900 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 Ryzen 7 5825U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Ryzen 7 5825U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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 N6005 3.38
Ryzen 7 5825U 11.54
+241%

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 N6005 5367
Ryzen 7 5825U 18329
+242%

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 N6005 548
Ryzen 7 5825U 1721
+214%

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 N6005 1419
Ryzen 7 5825U 6340
+347%

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 N6005 3970
Ryzen 7 5825U 6304
+58.8%

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 N6005 12496
Ryzen 7 5825U 32641
+161%

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 N6005 5451
Ryzen 7 5825U 11292
+107%

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 N6005 16.55
Ryzen 7 5825U 9.2
+79.9%

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 N6005 5
Ryzen 7 5825U 19
+283%

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 N6005 319
Ryzen 7 5825U 1778
+457%

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 N6005 121
Ryzen 7 5825U 232
+91.3%

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 N6005 1.48
Ryzen 7 5825U 2.75
+85.8%

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 N6005 2.8
Ryzen 7 5825U 8.7
+216%

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 N6005 25
Ryzen 7 5825U 100
+298%

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 N6005 119
Ryzen 7 5825U 250
+110%

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 N6005 1675
Ryzen 7 5825U 5835
+248%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6005 1673
Ryzen 7 5825U 6782
+305%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N6005 1805
+497%
Ryzen 7 5825U 303

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N6005 695
Ryzen 7 5825U 1468
+111%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N6005 3465
Ryzen 7 5825U 5437
+56.9%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N6005 9964
Ryzen 7 5825U 47589
+378%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N6005 146
Ryzen 7 5825U 267
+82.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.38 11.54
Integrated graphics card 5.58 9.04
Recency 11 January 2021 6 January 2022
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Silver N6005 has 50% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5825U, on the other hand, has a 241.4% higher aggregate performance score, 62% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 months, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 5825U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6005 in performance tests.


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