i3-1215U (IPU) vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1945not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency30.24no data
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB10 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) 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
SocketFCBGA1338Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 64EU
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3-1215U (IPU).

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanes820
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2021 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 150% lower power consumption.

i3-1215U (IPU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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