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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-1115G4
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Core i3-1115G4

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Core i3-1115G4 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Core i3-1115G4 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-1115G4 was released in Q3/2020.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
Intel Pentium N6000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19)
10 Generation 11
Jasper Lake Architecture Tiger Lake U
Notebook Segment Notebook
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is 1.10 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-1115G4 has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-1115G4 is at 1.70 GHz (4.10 GHz).
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1115G4
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.10 GHz
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1115G4
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Core i3-1115G4 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
11 GPU Generation 11
10 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
32 Compute units 48
256 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 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.
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-1115G4 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 59.6 GB/s.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1115G4
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4X-3733, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
8 PCIe lanes 4
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is 6 W, while the Intel Core i3-1115G4 has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1115G4
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
20 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 28 W
4.8 W TDP down 12 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 5.50 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-1115G4 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1115G4
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1338 Socket BGA 1449
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2020
-- Release price 309 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 (48%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 (60%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
675 (51%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1324 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1832 (64%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2873 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
571 (33%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1721 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1238 (40%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
3076 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
729 (55%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1329 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1875 (70%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2696 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279 (54%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
514 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
774 (73%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1064 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (48%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) @ 1.25 GHz
960 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
3134 (51%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
6185 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
35 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
849 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
485 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1320 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
165 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
417 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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