Pentium Silver N6000 vs Xeon E3-1575M v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1225	1955
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.79	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Power efficiency	10.41	30.13
Architecture codename	Skylake-H (2015−2016)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	24 January 2016 (8 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,207	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1575M v5 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	30	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	171 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	2,300 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1575M v5 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1440	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
eDRAM	128 MB	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Smart Response	+	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	850 MHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.95	1.91
Integrated graphics card	5.24	5.58
Recency	24 January 2016	11 January 2021
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt

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