Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5500

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Gold G5500
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  10 8
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium N6000 Intel Pentium G5000

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5500 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
  1.10 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- Tremont --

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2017

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500. 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
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500 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
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Pentium Gold G5500? 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)
  6 W 54 W
• TDP (PL2)
  20 W --
• TDP down
  4.8 W --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  1.50 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Jasper Lake Coffee Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 LGA 1151
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2018

List of devices based on Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500.

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown