Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium Silver N6005 CPU1 vs CPU2 Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 4 core processor released in Q1/2021 with the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2021.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
Intel Pentium N6000 (2) CPU group AMD Aerith (Steam Deck) (1)
10 Generation 3
Jasper Lake Architecture Aerith (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.30 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) clocks with 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 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.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
-- 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.60 GHz
11 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 2
32 Compute units 8
256 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
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 / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium Silver N6005, while the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 88.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR5-5500
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 88.0 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
4.00 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 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP of the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
20 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 has 5.50 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1338 Socket FF3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems SteamOS (Arch Linux)
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (68%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (55%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
764 (90%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
849 (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2489 (69%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3592 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
591 (46%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1278 (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.
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1788 (41%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4365 (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
483 (29%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz
1638 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
57 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
275 (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
975 (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4359 (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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
925 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5040 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
Unknown Valve Steam Deck

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