Athlon 5150 vs Pentium Silver N6005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1557	2549
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	31.99	3.29
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 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	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 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	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 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 N6005 and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz	no data
Execution Units	32	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.5	no data
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6005 and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	4
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	3.38	0.87
Recency	11 January 2021	9 April 2014
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	25 Watt

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