Pentium Silver N6000 vs i7-6870HQ

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Power efficiencyno data30.11
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date2 January 2016 (8 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$434no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-6870HQ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.7 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6870HQ 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
eDRAM128 MBno data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response+no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection-+
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHz850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes168
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+

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.78 5.58
Recency 2 January 2016 11 January 2021
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 6 Watt

i7-6870HQ has 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has 16.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-6870HQ and Pentium Silver N6000. We've got no test results to judge.


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