Pentium Silver N6005 vs Atom C3338

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Aggregate performance score

Atom C3338
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 8 Watt
0.65
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38
+420%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Atom C3338 by a whopping 420% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27511557
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency6.8331.99
Architecture codenameGoldmont (2016−2017)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date22 February 2017 (7 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$27no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 speed1.5 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache112 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature89 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1310FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)8.5 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssist-no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno 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 C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4: 1866DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth14.936 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCIe version3no data
PCI Express lanes108
USB revision32.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports10no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports102
Number of USB ports814
Integrated LAN4x2.5/1 GBE-
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.

Atom C3338 0.65
Pentium Silver N6005 3.38
+420%

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.

Atom C3338 1028
Pentium Silver N6005 5367
+422%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 3.38
Recency 22 February 2017 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 10 Watt

Atom C3338 has 25% lower power consumption.

Pentium Silver N6005, on the other hand, has a 420% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom C3338 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom C3338 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom C3338 and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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