Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i7-3517UE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i7-3517UE 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

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 17 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3049 vs 2384
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 17 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3049 vs 2384

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-3517UE

  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1433 vs 1404
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1433 vs 1404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6000
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-3517UE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1404
1433
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3049
2384
Name Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Core i7-3517UE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1404 1433
PassMark - CPU mark 3049 2384

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Core i7-3517UE

Essentials

Architecture codename Jasper Lake Ivy Bridge
Launch date Q1'21 June 2012
Place in performance rating 1780 1775
Processor Number N6000 i7-3517UE
Series Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.10 GHz 1.70 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 118 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB 16 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 LPDDR4x DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s

Graphics

Device ID 0x4E71
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max frequency 850 MHz 1 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported 3 3
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 31mm x 24mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.8 W
Sockets supported FCBGA1338 FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 17 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel Wireless-AX MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes 8 16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 14
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.2
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 2x8 1x8 2x4

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
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

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
4G WiMAX Wireless
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)