Xeon E-2386G vs Pentium Silver N6000

Place in the ranking	1951	617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	30.34	12.28
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Rocket Lake-E (2021)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	8 September 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G 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	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G. 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, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics P750
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	1.3 GHz
Execution Units	32	32
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	1
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	8	44
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.

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

Xeon E-2386G 12.56
+541%

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 Silver N6000 3056

Xeon E-2386G 19571
+540%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.96	12.56
Integrated graphics card	5.58	4.56
Recency	11 January 2021	8 September 2021
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	95 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 22.4% faster integrated GPU, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2386G, on the other hand, has a 540.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Xeon E-2386G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2386G is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon E-2386G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.