Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i7-2710QE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i7-2710QE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N6000

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100 C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 32 nm
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1411 vs 1393
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100 C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1411 vs 1393

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-2710QE

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% higher maximum memory size: 16.6 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4044 vs 3059
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size 16.6 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4044 vs 3059

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6000
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-2710QE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1411
1393
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3059
4044
Name Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Core i7-2710QE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1411 1393
PassMark - CPU mark 3059 4044

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Core i7-2710QE

Essentials

Architecture codename Jasper Lake Sandy Bridge
Launch date Q1'21 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1762 1760
Processor Number N6000 i7-2710QE
Series Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.10 GHz 2.10 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100 C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB 16.6 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 LPDDR4x DDR3 1066/1333/1600

Graphics

Device ID 0x4E71 0x116
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz 650 MHz
Graphics max frequency 850 MHz 1.2 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported 3 2
CRT
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm (rPGA988)
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.8 W
Sockets supported FCBGA1338 FCPGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel Wireless-AX MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes 8 20
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 14
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.2
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4, 1x8+3x4

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2 Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)