Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2021 and belongs to the 10 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Silver N6000, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1338 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium N6000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 10

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is 1.1 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.3 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x Tremont
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake), which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.85 GHz
Execution units: 32
Shaders: 256
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 11
Direct X: 12
Technology: 10 nm
Release date: Q1/2021

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 46.9 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2933
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 46.9 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 6 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 6 W
TDP (PL2): 20 W
TDP up: None
TDP down: 4.8 W
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is manufactured using a 10 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1338
L2-Cache: 1.5 MB
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Jasper Lake
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q1/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
3140
3140
Intel Core i3-4160T
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
3140
3140
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
3134
3134
Intel Core i7-880
4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz
3132
3132
Intel Core i5-4200H
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
3122
3122

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1880
1880
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1878
1878
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1875
1875
Intel Core i5-6287U
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
1873
1873
Intel Core i7-6498DU
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
1870
1870

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
1844
1844
Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1834
1834
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1832
1832
Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
1827
1827
Intel Xeon E5450
NoneC NoneT @ --
1781
1781

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
1240
1240
Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
1239
1239
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1238
1238
Intel Core i3-4030U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
1235
1235
Intel Core i3-4025U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
1235
1235

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-12300HE
8C 12T @ 1.9 GHz
883
883
Intel Core i7-5775C
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
883
883
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
870
870
Intel Core i7-4770R
4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
864
864
Intel Core i9-13900TE
24C 32T @ 1.0 GHz
846
846

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
802
802
AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
796
796
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
774
774
AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
762
762
AMD Athlon 200GE
2C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
761
761

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Samsung Exynos 9825
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
731
731
Intel Core i3-4170T
2C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
730
730
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
729
729
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
6C 12T @ 2.4 GHz
728
728
Intel Xeon D-1520
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
728
728

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
696
696
Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
682
682
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
675
675
Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
666
666
Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
658
658

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-2320
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
572
572
Intel Core i7-3612QM
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
571
571
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
571
571
Intel Core i7-3612QM
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
571
571
Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
569
569

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
280
280
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
279
279
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
279
279
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
279
279
Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
277
277