Pentium Silver N6000 vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1500X
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.73
+200%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11371971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.16no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency8.3530.15
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date11 April 2017 (7 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-850 MHz
Execution Units-32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes208
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Ryzen 5 1500X 5.73
+200%
Pentium Silver N6000 1.91

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.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9099
+200%
Pentium Silver N6000 3037

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1114
+130%
Pentium Silver N6000 484

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3688
+230%
Pentium Silver N6000 1116

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4573
+10.7%
Pentium Silver N6000 4132

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 20186
+109%
Pentium Silver N6000 9643

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1500X 7403
+85.8%
Pentium Silver N6000 3985

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 1500X 6.9
+145%
Pentium Silver N6000 16.92

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9
+149%
Pentium Silver N6000 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1500X 805
+177%
Pentium Silver N6000 291

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 154
+35.5%
Pentium Silver N6000 114

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1.73
+22.7%
Pentium Silver N6000 1.41

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4.9
+75%
Pentium Silver N6000 2.8

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3910
+194%
Pentium Silver N6000 1330

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 50
+169%
Pentium Silver N6000 18

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 177
+89.5%
Pentium Silver N6000 93

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 4604
+140%
Pentium Silver N6000 1915

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1500X 586
Pentium Silver N6000 1935
+230%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 919
+26.3%
Pentium Silver N6000 727

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1500X 3865
+16.9%
Pentium Silver N6000 3305

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1500X 21842
+137%
Pentium Silver N6000 9212

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 1500X 178
+21.6%
Pentium Silver N6000 146

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.73 1.91
Recency 11 April 2017 11 January 2021
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 5 1500X has a 200% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1500X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 1500X and Pentium Silver N6000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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