Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

Processor comparisons 11-09-2022

   Let's say you have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like WPrime, Handbrake, Blender, 3DMark, SuperPi, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, PCMark 10, 7zip, PassMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, VeraCrypt, Prime95, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, Blender.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Watch Dogs Legion
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Death Stranding
Fortnite
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Fallout 76
Valorant
Rainbow Six Siege
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Halo Infinite
DOOM: Eternal
Overwatch
Last Man Standing
Cyberpunk 2077
Valheim
Apex Legends

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Gold G6400

51%

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G6400

51%

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ghostrunner, Control, Metro Exodus, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), League of Legends (LOL), Battlefield V, Hitman 3, Monster Hunter World, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, NBA 2K20, Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.4	90.1
Valorant	102.7	102.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.3
Apex Legends	96.5	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	76.8
Overwatch	83.2	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.2
Warzone	80.1	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.3	86.0
Valheim	85.2	85.0

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Gold G6400

65%

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver N6000 is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6400 since it has less power consumption: 58W vs. 6W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Cinbench 15 Single-core	166	103
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	416	342
Cinbench 20 Single-core	415	212
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	953	788
Cinbench 23 Single-core	623	676
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2103	2502

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	2441	1529
Multi-Core	4155	4044

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	1138	693
Multi-Core	2313	2029

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Announcement date	June 24, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1200	FCBGA1338
Core name	Comet Lake	Jasper Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	10	7
Turbo Frequency		3.2 MHz
Frequency	4 MHz	1.1 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	2600 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	58 W	6 W
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR4 LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	128 Gb	16 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6400 is 72% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G6400. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6400 is better: 26
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is better: 6
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Gold G6400 specs and review.

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Silver N6000 specs and review.