Pentium Silver N6000 vs Xeon E5-2666 V3

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2666 V3
2014
10 cores / 20 threads, 135 Watt
9.32
+368%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.99

Xeon E5-2666 V3 outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 368% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8421945
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency6.3030.24
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date13 November 2014 (9 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2666 V3 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads204
Base clock speed2.9 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache25 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2666 V3 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 configuration21
Socket2011-3FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 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+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channelDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes408
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.

Xeon E5-2666 V3 9.32
+368%
Pentium Silver N6000 1.99

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.

Xeon E5-2666 V3 14269
+368%
Pentium Silver N6000 3049

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.32 1.99
Recency 13 November 2014 11 January 2021
Physical cores 10 4
Threads 20 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E5-2666 V3 has a 368.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 120% more advanced lithography process, and 2150% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2666 V3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2666 V3 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2666 V3 and Pentium Silver N6000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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