Pentium Silver N6005 vs i9-10900T

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Aggregate performance score

Core i9-10900T
2020
10 cores / 20 threads, 35 Watt
9.37
+176%
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.39

Core i9-10900T outperforms Pentium Silver N6005 by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8141556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency25.2331.95
Architecture codenameno dataJasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 April 2020 (4 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i9-10900T 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads204
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L2 cacheno data1.5 MB
L3 cache20 MB Intel® Smart Cache4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-10900T 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1200FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP+-
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+-

Security technologies

Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth45.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160@30Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005.

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+

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.

i9-10900T 9.37
+176%
Pentium Silver N6005 3.39

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.

i9-10900T 14822
+176%
Pentium Silver N6005 5367

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.

i9-10900T 1462
+167%
Pentium Silver N6005 548

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.

i9-10900T 6539
+361%
Pentium Silver N6005 1419

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.37 3.39
Integrated graphics card 3.09 5.58
Recency 1 April 2020 11 January 2021
Physical cores 10 4
Threads 20 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

i9-10900T has a 176.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6005, on the other hand, has 80.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 9 months, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

The Core i9-10900T is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6005 in performance tests.

Note that Core i9-10900T is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i9-10900T and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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