Pentium Silver N6005 vs Ryzen 7 4700G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 4700G
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
12.68
+275%
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38

Ryzen 7 4700G outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by a whopping 275% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6021557
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency18.4631.99
Architecture codenameRenoir (2020−2023)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date21 July 2020 (4 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 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
SocketAM4FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Ryzen 7 4700G 12.68
+275%
Pentium Silver N6005 3.38

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.

Ryzen 7 4700G 20145
+275%
Pentium Silver N6005 5367

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.68 3.38
Integrated graphics card 4.50 5.58
Recency 21 July 2020 11 January 2021
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 7 4700G has a 275.1% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Silver N6005, on the other hand, has 24% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 months, and 550% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 4700G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6005 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 4700G is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 4700G and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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