Intel Pentium Silver N6000
VS
Intel Core i5-8600
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
VS
Intel Core i5-8600

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i5-8600? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Core i5-8600? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

1.10 GHz
Frequency
3.10 GHz
4
CPU Cores
6
3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core)
4.20 GHz
4
CPU Threads
6
No
Hyperthreading
No
No
Overclocking
No
2.50 GHz
Turbo (4 Cores)
no data
Turbo (6 Cores)
3.80 GHz
normal
Core architecture
no data
0x Tremont
A core
no data
0x
B core
no data

Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Core i5-8600. 

Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
GPU name
Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.30 GHz
GPU frequency
0.35 GHz
1.10 GHz
GPU (Turbo)
1.15 GHz
11
Generation
9.5
12
DirectX Version
12
48
Execution units
24
384
Shader
192
8 GB
Max. Memory
64 GB
3
Max. displays
3
10 nm
Technology
14 nm
Q3/2020
Release date
Q4/2017

Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

Decode / Encode
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
h265 8bit
Decode / Encode
h265 10bit
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
VC-1
Decode
Decode
AVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
no data
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
no data
No
AV1
no data

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4266
Memory type
DDR4-2666
32 GB
Max. Memory
2
Memory channels
2
No
ECC
No
3.0
PCIe version
3.0
12
PCIe lanes
16

Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

Yes
AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

TDP
65 W
--
Tjunction max.
--
--
TDP up
--
--
TDP down
--
6 W
TDP (PL1)
no data
--
TDP (PL2)
no data

Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

4.00 MB
L3-Cache
9.00 MB
10 nm
Technology
14 nm
Jasper Lake
Architecture
Coffee Lake
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
BGA 1090
Socket
LGA 1151-2
Q1/2021
Release date
Q1/2018
Market price
ca. 230 $
x86-64 (64 bit)
Instruction set (ISA)
no data
1.50 MB
L2-Cache
no data

Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

PC/Client/Tablet (FCBGA1338)
Used in
Unknown

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Pentium Silver N6000
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Core i5-8600