Pentium Silver N6000 vs Atom C3308

Primary details

Comparing Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1955
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	30.16
Architecture codename	Goldmont (2016−2017)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	15 August 2017 (7 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom C3308 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Multiplier	16	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3308 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1310	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	9.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
QuickAssist	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	-	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4: 1866	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	14.936 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	850 MHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3308 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version	3	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	8
USB revision	3	2.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports	6	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	6	2
Number of USB ports	8	14
Integrated LAN	4x2.5/1 GBE	-
UART	no data	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2017	11 January 2021
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	6 Watt

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