Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i5-7200U

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Perhaps you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i5-7200U and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, rendering, video editing, machine learning. Here you can find all information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as MATLAB, Handbrake, AIDA64, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Prime95, PCMark 10, RealBench, Furmark, 7zip, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, PassMark, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15).
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-7200U 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 i5-7200U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Core i5-7200U

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. 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 other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Metro Exodus, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ghostrunner, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Monster Hunter World, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.0
Valorant	102.4	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.3
Apex Legends	96.2	96.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	76.7
Overwatch	82.9	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.1
Warzone	79.8	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.0	85.9
Valheim	85.0	84.9

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 comparing not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. 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 i5-7200U

192%

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 Core i5-7200U since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 15W. 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 video editing or video rendering, programming, machine learning, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the processor turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because 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 i5-7200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	132
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	342	334
Cinbench 20 Single-core	212	308
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	788	652
Cinbench 23 Single-core	676	817
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2502	1978

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-7200U
Single-Core	1529	1807
Multi-Core	4044	3391

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-7200U
Single-Core	693	864
Multi-Core	2029	1952

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. 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 benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest 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 Silver N6000	Intel Core i5-7200U
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2016
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCBGA1356
Core name	Jasper Lake	Kaby Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	7	7
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.1 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	2.5 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1810 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory	16 Gb	32 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		34.1 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 i5-7200U is 55% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Core i5-7200U. 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: 19
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-7200U is better: 11
Although it should be understood that all the number in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i5-7200U before making a selection 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.

• Intel Core i5-7200U specs and review.