Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs AMD Athlon 320GE

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Let's say you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs AMD Athlon 320GE and understand which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming. Here is all information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as Prime95, MATLAB, Furmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, PCMark 10, Dolphin Emulator, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, Blender, Handbrake, 3DMark, VeraCrypt, PassMark, Gears 5, SuperPi, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, AIDA64, 7zip, Blender, UserBenchmark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon 320GE or Intel Pentium Silver N6000.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Athlon 320GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Athlon 320GE

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.3
Valorant	102.4	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.5
Apex Legends	96.2	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	77.0
Overwatch	82.9	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.3
Warzone	79.8	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.0	86.2
Valheim	85.0	85.2

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 tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

Athlon 320GE

93%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver N6000 is more energy efficient than the Athlon 320GE since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 35W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say 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, to reach maximum performance, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	AMD Athlon 320GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	93
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	342	490
Cinbench 20 Single-core	212	234
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	788	1068
Cinbench 23 Single-core	676	603
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2502	2903

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	AMD Athlon 320GE
Single-Core	1529	2181
Multi-Core	4044	5116

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	AMD Athlon 320GE
Single-Core	693	980
Multi-Core	2029	2274

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 can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	AMD Athlon 320GE
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	July 07, 2019
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1338	AM4
Core name	Jasper Lake	Picasso
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	7	2
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	3.5 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4
Max. Memory	16 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon 320GE is 68% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Athlon 320GE. 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 Silver N6000 is better: 9
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 26
Although it should be realized that all the number in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and AMD Athlon 320GE before making a decision which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

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.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.