Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i5-6500 and decide which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, video editing, rendering, streaming, programming. Here you can find all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as Dolphin Emulator, RealBench, VeraCrypt, Blender, UserBenchmark, PassMark, Prime95, 3DMark, WPrime, Blender, Handbrake, MATLAB, AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, SuperPi, 7zip, PCMark 10, Gears 5.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-6500 or Intel Pentium Silver N6005.

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 N6005

51%

Core i5-6500

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6005

51%

Core i5-6500

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 processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Control, DOTA 2A, Hitman 3, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Metro Exodus, Forza Horizon 4, Ghostrunner.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	91.4
Valorant	102.5	103.9
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	58.2
Apex Legends	96.3	97.6
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	77.9
Overwatch	83.0	84.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	71.7
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.9
Warzone	79.9	81.0
Assassin's Creed	86.1	87.3
Valheim	85.1	86.2

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 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: 4K, 2K 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N6005

257%

Core i5-6500

51%

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 N6005 is more energy efficient than the Core i5-6500 since it has less power consumption: 10W vs. 65W. 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software 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 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 N6005	Intel Core i5-6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	153
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	353	565
Cinbench 20 Single-core	219	354
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	812	1299
Cinbench 23 Single-core	697	842
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2579	2928

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Core i5-6500
Single-Core	1576	2149
Multi-Core	4169	5644

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Core i5-6500
Single-Core	771	1004
Multi-Core	2152	3346

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 N6005	Intel Core i5-6500
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	April 01, 2015
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1338	LGA 1151
Core name	Jasper Lake	Skylake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	7	6
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.6 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	3.2 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1760 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	10 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Max. Memory	16 Gb	64 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	6 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 i5-6500 is 37% better than Pentium Silver N6005 in terms of CPU frequency. 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 N6005 is better: 4
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-6500 is better: 29
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and Intel Core i5-6500 before deciding which of the processors to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver N6005 specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-6500 specs and review.