MediaTek Kompanio 520 vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.96
MediaTek Kompanio 520
8 cores / 8 threads, 2000 Watt
2.03
+3.6%

MediaTek Kompanio 520 outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19521921
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataMediaTek Kompanio 500
Power efficiency30.340.09
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)2x Cortex-A76 / 6x A55
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2 GHz
L2 cache1.5 MBno data
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography10 nm7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1338no data
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt2000 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphicsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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 MediaTek Kompanio 520 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 MediaTek Kompanio 520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520.

PCI Express lanes8no data
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

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 Silver N6000 1.96
MediaTek Kompanio 520 2.03
+3.6%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N6000 1915
+25%
MediaTek Kompanio 520 1532

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N6000 146
+20.7%
MediaTek Kompanio 520 121

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.96 2.03
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 2000 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 33233.3% lower power consumption.

MediaTek Kompanio 520, on the other hand, has a 3.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Silver N6000 and MediaTek Kompanio 520.


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