i3-12100 vs Pentium Silver N6000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1971	889
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	30.13	13.52
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	163 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	1.4 GHz
Execution Units	32	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	4
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@60Hz	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-12100.

PCIe version	no data	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	8	20
USB revision	2.0/3.2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	14	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no 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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.91	8.57
Integrated graphics card	5.58	4.16
Recency	11 January 2021	4 January 2022
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	60 Watt

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