Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i7-7500U

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i7-7500U and decide which is better for games or simple use for streaming, rendering, machine learning, programming, video editing. Here you can find useful information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special testing software such as Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, 3DMark, PCMark 10, PassMark, UserBenchmark, Dolphin Emulator, RealBench, AIDA64, Gears 5, Blender, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, WPrime, SuperPi, 7zip, Prime95, Furmark, MATLAB.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-7500U 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 i7-7500U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6005

51%

Core i7-7500U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that 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. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Metro Exodus, DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Ghostrunner, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, League of Legends (LOL), Control.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	90.3
Valorant	102.5	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	57.4
Apex Legends	96.3	96.4
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	76.9
Overwatch	83.0	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.3
Warzone	79.9	80.0
Assassin's Creed	86.1	86.2
Valheim	85.1	85.1

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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So 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 i7-7500U

215%

To make a final resolution 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 i7-7500U since it has less power consumption: 10W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need 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

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the processor uses all threads and cores 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. 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 N6005	Intel Core i7-7500U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	149
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	353	376
Cinbench 20 Single-core	219	354
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	812	739
Cinbench 23 Single-core	697	519
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2579	2492

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Core i7-7500U
Single-Core	1576	1956
Multi-Core	4169	3649

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Core i7-7500U
Single-Core	771	971
Multi-Core	2152	2214

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful 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 in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Core i7-7500U
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	3.5 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	2.7 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1700 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	10 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	4 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 i7-7500U is 25% better than Pentium Silver N6005 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6005 has 2 more core than Core i7-7500U. 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: 8
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-7500U is better: 21
Although it should be understood that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and Intel Core i7-7500U before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

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 i7-7500U specs and review.