Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i5-6300HQ

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and Intel Core i5-6300HQ 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N6005

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 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 14 nm
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5367 vs 4700
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 5367 vs 4700

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-6300HQ

  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1793 vs 1768
Specifications (specs)
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1793 vs 1768

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6005
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-6300HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1768
1793
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5367
4700
Name Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Core i5-6300HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 1793
PassMark - CPU mark 5367 4700
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 743
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2417
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 98.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.544
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1369
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2740
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1369
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2740
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4726

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Core i5-6300HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Jasper Lake Skylake
Launch date Q1'21 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 1413 1421
Processor Number N6005 i5-6300HQ
Series Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $250

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.30 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 122 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
Number of cores 4
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 LPDDR4x DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s

Graphics

Device ID 0x4E71 0x191B
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 450 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160@60Hz 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2160@60Hz 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm 42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1338 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
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 Up to 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
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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™)