Pentium Silver N6000 vs Pentium 3825U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 3825U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
0.91
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.99
+119%

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Pentium 3825U by a whopping 119% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25391945
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency5.5330.24
Architecture codenameBroadwell-U (2015)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 March 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3825U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.9 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1300 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3825U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3825U 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 Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHz850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 3825U 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 Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/1212
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3825U and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes128
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.

Pentium 3825U 0.91
Pentium Silver N6000 1.99
+119%

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.

Pentium 3825U 1399
Pentium Silver N6000 3049
+118%

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.

Pentium 3825U 335
Pentium Silver N6000 483
+44.2%

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.

Pentium 3825U 681
Pentium Silver N6000 1107
+62.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium 3825U 2951
Pentium Silver N6000 4132
+40%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium 3825U 6537
Pentium Silver N6000 9643
+47.5%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium 3825U 2594
Pentium Silver N6000 3985
+53.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium 3825U 25.41
Pentium Silver N6000 16.92
+50.2%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium 3825U 2
Pentium Silver N6000 4
+68.5%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium 3825U 190
Pentium Silver N6000 291
+53.2%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium 3825U 77
Pentium Silver N6000 114
+47.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium 3825U 0.9
Pentium Silver N6000 1.41
+56.7%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pentium 3825U 0.2
Pentium Silver N6000 2.8
+1233%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium 3825U 12
Pentium Silver N6000 18
+54%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium 3825U 63
Pentium Silver N6000 93
+49.4%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pentium 3825U 1782
+34%
Pentium Silver N6000 1330

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.91 1.99
Recency 1 March 2015 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has a 118.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3825U in performance tests.


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