AMD FX-9830P vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

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AMD FX-9830P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
AMD FX-9830P Intel Pentium Silver N6000

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD FX-9830P and the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD FX-9830P 4 core processor released in Q2/2016 with the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2021.
AMD FX (30) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD FX-9800 (2) CPU group Intel Pentium N6000 (2)
4 Generation 10
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Jasper Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Pentium Silver N5000
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD FX-9830P is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 clocks with 1.10 GHz (3.30 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD FX-9830P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD FX-9830P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6000
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
6 GPU Generation 11
28 nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 32
512 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD FX-9830P, while the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 46.9 GB/s enabled.

AMD FX-9830P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6000
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2933
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 1.50 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 8
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD FX-9830P has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is 6 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD FX-9830P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6000
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) 20 W
45 W TDP up --
25 W TDP down 4.8 W
90 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD FX-9830P has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is at 5.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

AMD FX-9830P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6000
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP4 Socket BGA 1338
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD FX-9830P (81%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD FX-9830P (89%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 (98%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
597 (88%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
675 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1653 (90%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1832 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
538 (74%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
729 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1512 (81%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1875 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
225 (81%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
641 (83%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
774 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.90 GHz
928 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (49%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3399 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
3134 (92%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
571 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1238 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
86 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
276 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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