Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Let's say there are difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and decide which is better for games or normal use for rendering, streaming, video editing, machine learning, programming. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or several benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Furmark, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, WPrime, Blender, UserBenchmark, PassMark, Handbrake, AIDA64, Prime95, 3DMark, 7zip, RealBench, DaVinci Resolve Studio, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, SuperPi, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, PCMark 10.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6500 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%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N6005

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

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 play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low 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: Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, Control, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	90.3
Valorant	102.5	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	57.5
Apex Legends	96.3	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	77.0
Overwatch	83.0	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.3
Warzone	79.9	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.1	86.2
Valheim	85.1	85.2

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 tested computers not only did they have 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N6005

257%

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

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 Pentium Gold G6500 since it has less power consumption: 10W vs. 58W. 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 video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, 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 includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports 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 N6005	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	353	427
Cinbench 20 Single-core	219	424
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	812	964
Cinbench 23 Single-core	697	628
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2579	2125

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	1576	2592
Multi-Core	4169	4200

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	771	1030
Multi-Core	2152	2280

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 in your computer. 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 continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
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	10
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	4.1 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)	10 W	58 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 G6500 is 51% better than Pentium Silver N6005 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6005 has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G6500. 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: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 26
However, it should be understood that all the number in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 before making a decision which of the CPUs 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 Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.