Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i7-4710HQ 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium Silver N6000

Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N6000

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 22 nm
7.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 47 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4710HQ

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 16 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1776 vs 1396
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5524 vs 3014

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1776 vs 1396
PassMark - CPU mark	5524 vs 3014

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6000
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4710HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1396

1776

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3014

5524

Name	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i7-4710HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1396	1776
PassMark - CPU mark	3014	5524
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		758
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2678
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		78.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1982
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1982
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3673

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i7-4710HQ
Essentials
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake	Haswell
Launch date	Q1'21	14 April 2014
Place in performance rating	1801	1795
Processor Number	N6000	i7-4710HQ
Series	Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series	4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$378
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.10 GHz	2.50 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		256 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
Transistor count		1400 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	16 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR3L 1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Graphics
Device ID	0x4E71	0x416
Execution Units	32
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz	400 MHz
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	1.2 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Max video memory		2 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3	3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	35mm x 24mm	37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP)	4.8 W
Sockets supported	FCBGA1338	FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	47 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
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)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
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® TSX-NI
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)