Pentium Silver N6000 vs Xeon Gold 6138

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6138
2017
20 cores / 40 threads, 125 Watt
15.76
+692%
Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.99

Xeon Gold 6138 outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 692% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4531945
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.73no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.5030.24
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,612no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads404
Base clock speed2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache1.25 MBno data
L2 cache20 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache27.5 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB16 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

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 Gold 6138 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 Gold 6138 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 Gold 6138 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 Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes488
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 Gold 6138 15.76
+692%
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 Gold 6138 24121
+692%
Pentium Silver N6000 3045

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 1098
+128%
Pentium Silver N6000 482

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 8223
+644%
Pentium Silver N6000 1105

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.76 1.99
Recency 25 April 2017 11 January 2021
Physical cores 20 4
Threads 40 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138 has a 692% higher aggregate performance score, and 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

Pentium Silver N6000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1983.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6138 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6138 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6138 and Pentium Silver N6000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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