AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Let's find out which one of AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 5 3500C Intel Pentium Silver N6005
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Pentium
• Generation
  2 10
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000C Intel Pentium N6000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.50 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- -- Tremont

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
• GPU frequency
  1.20 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  8 32
• Shader
  512 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 11
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2021

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 12

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Ryzen 5 3500C or Intel Pentium Silver N6005? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 10 W
• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  12 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 1.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Jasper Lake
• Technology
  12 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP5 BGA 1090
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2021

List of devices based on AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005.

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