Pentium Silver N6000 vs A6-9210

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Aggregate performance score

A6-9210
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
0.79
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
+142%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms A6-9210 by a whopping 142% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26341971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency4.9830.11
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
L2 cache1024 KB1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm10 nm
Die size124.5 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP4FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)10-15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization,Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels12

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics
iGPU core count3no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9210 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes88
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-9210 0.79
Pentium Silver N6000 1.91
+142%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-9210 1248
Pentium Silver N6000 3037
+143%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-9210 332
Pentium Silver N6000 484
+45.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-9210 518
Pentium Silver N6000 1116
+115%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.79 1.91
Recency 1 June 2016 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has a 141.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9210 in performance tests.


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