Pentium Silver N6005 vs Ryzen 7 5800X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800X
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
18.03
+420%
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.47

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by a whopping 420% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking3121467
Place by popularity80not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation39.27no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date5 November 2020 (3 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449no data
Current price$353 (0.8x MSRP)$475

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X 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 speed3.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache32 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size2 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X 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)105 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-900 MHz
Execution Units-32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5800X 18.03
+420%
Pentium Silver N6005 3.47

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 420% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 7 5800X 27889
+419%
Pentium Silver N6005 5374

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 419% 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%

Ryzen 7 5800X 2181
+299%
Pentium Silver N6005 547

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 299% 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%

Ryzen 7 5800X 10262
+618%
Pentium Silver N6005 1429

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 618% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 5800X 6835
+72.2%
Pentium Silver N6005 3970

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 72% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 5800X 45548
+265%
Pentium Silver N6005 12496

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 265% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 5800X 15873
+191%
Pentium Silver N6005 5451

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 191% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 5800X 3.04
+444%
Pentium Silver N6005 16.55

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X by 444% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 5800X 29
+504%
Pentium Silver N6005 5

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 504% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 5800X 2609
+718%
Pentium Silver N6005 319

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 718% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 5800X 266
+119%
Pentium Silver N6005 121

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 119% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 5800X 3.09
+109%
Pentium Silver N6005 1.48

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 109% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 5800X 15
+445%
Pentium Silver N6005 2.8

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 445% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 5800X 15604
+832%
Pentium Silver N6005 1675

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 832% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 5800X 152
+504%
Pentium Silver N6005 25

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 504% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 5800X 339
+185%
Pentium Silver N6005 119

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by 185% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.03 3.47
Recency 5 November 2020 11 January 2021
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 10 Watt

The Ryzen 7 5800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6005 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


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