Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405T

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405T and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, rendering, programming, streaming, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A careful review 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 software tests like 7zip, SuperPi, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, PCMark 10, AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, VeraCrypt, Prime95, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, Blender, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, Gears 5, RealBench, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6405T 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%

Pentium Gold G6405T

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

Pentium Gold G6405T

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 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 small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: NBA 2K20, DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, League of Legends (LOL), Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.2
Valorant	102.4	102.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.4
Apex Legends	96.2	96.3
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	76.8
Overwatch	82.9	83.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.7
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.2
Warzone	79.8	79.9
Assassin's Creed	86.0	86.1
Valheim	85.0	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 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. To be sure exactly how much performance 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%

Pentium Gold G6405T

65%

To make a final 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 G6405T as it consumes less power: 6W vs. 35W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video editing or video rendering, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor uses 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 can 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	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	158
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	342	400
Cinbench 20 Single-core	212	396
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	788	898
Cinbench 23 Single-core	676	587
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2502	1981

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Single-Core	1529	2416
Multi-Core	4044	3913

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Single-Core	693	691
Multi-Core	2029	2117

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, 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. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver N6000	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCLGA1200
Core name	Jasper Lake	Comet Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	7
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	3.5 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	16 Gb	128 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

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6405T is 68% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G6405T. 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 Intel Pentium Gold G6405T is better: 20
Although it should be understood that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Pentium Gold G6405T before making a selection 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 Pentium Gold G6405T - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Gold G6405T specs and review.