Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Perhaps you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i5-5200U tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here you can find all information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like Gears 5, Furmark, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, SuperPi, WPrime, AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Handbrake, PassMark, UserBenchmark, 7zip, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, Prime95, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-5200U 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%

Core i5-5200U

50%

The number of this parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver N6000 is 1% better than Core i5-5200U. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Core i5-5200U

50%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play 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 small 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: Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Hitman 3, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, League of Legends (LOL), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Metro Exodus, DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	89.5
Valorant	102.4	101.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.0
Apex Legends	96.2	95.6
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	76.3
Overwatch	82.9	82.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.2
DOOM Eternal	51.2	50.9
Warzone	79.8	79.3
Assassin's Creed	86.0	85.4
Valheim	85.0	84.4

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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

Core i5-5200U

163%

To make a final 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 Core i5-5200U since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit 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	Intel Core i5-5200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	110
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	342	264
Cinbench 20 Single-core	212	248
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	788	584
Cinbench 23 Single-core	676	595
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2502	1417

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	1529	1533
Multi-Core	4044	2507

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	693	735
Multi-Core	2029	1469

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. 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 savings are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-5200U
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2014
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCBGA1168
Core name	Jasper Lake	Broadwell
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	7	5
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	2.7 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	2.2 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1740 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Max. Memory	16 Gb	16 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-5200U is 50% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Core i5-5200U. 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: 24
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-5200U is better: 9
However, it should be realized that all the number that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i5-5200U before making a decision which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

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.

• Intel Core i5-5200U specs and review.