Pentium Silver N6000 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX
2022
16 cores / 32 threads, 280 Watt
31.49
+1549%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 1549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1331971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Power efficiency10.6430.11
Architecture codenameChagall PRO (2022)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date8 March 2022 (2 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads324
Base clock speed4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier40no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache64 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size4x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors16,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 configuration11
SocketWRX8FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size2 TiB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/sno data

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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes1288
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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 31.49
+1549%
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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 50014
+1547%
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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 2137
+342%
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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX 16041
+1337%
Pentium Silver N6000 1116

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 31.49 1.91
Recency 8 March 2022 11 January 2021
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 32 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a 1548.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has 4566.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Pentium Silver N6000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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