Pentium Silver N6000 vs Ryzen 7 7840H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7840H
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
17.85
+835%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91

Ryzen 7 7840H outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 835% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3481971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency48.2630.13
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release dateJanuary 2023 (1 year ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 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 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography4 nm10 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 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
SocketFP8FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000. 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-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 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 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 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 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780MIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes208
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 7840H 17.85
+835%
Pentium Silver N6000 1.91

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 7840H 28360
+834%
Pentium Silver N6000 3037

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.85 1.91
Integrated graphics card 18.32 5.58
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 7 7840H has a 834.6% higher aggregate performance score, 228.3% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 7840H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.


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