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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Core i3 N305

19 out of 100
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
VS
31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Intel Core i3 N305

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.1 GHz Intel Pentium Silver N6000 with 4-cores against the 1.8 GHz Core i3 N305 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between N305 and N6000
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • 2.4x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1339 vs 558 points
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) integrated graphics: 0.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Pentium Silver N6000
vs
Core i3 N305

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 137.1 MB/sec 447.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 10.4 Klines/sec 41.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 53.3 pages/sec 123.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 44 Mpixels/sec 162.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 110.1 pages/sec 167.4 pages/sec
Background blur 3.57 images/sec 25 images/sec
Photo processing 5.93 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.67 Mpixels/sec 7.03 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 631 & 789 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 10.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 6.4 GOps/sec 21.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 11M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 4.9M Strings/sec 13.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.2 GBytes/sec 7.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 36 MBytes/sec 111 MBytes/sec
Physics 217 Frames/sec 527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 1B Matrices/sec 5.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 336 & 1152 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.5 PPW 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 204.8 PPW 351.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 485 PPW 625.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.96 PPW 3.88 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Core i3 N305

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 11, 2021 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Jasper Lake Alder Lake
Model number N6000 i3-N305
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 32 EUs UHD Graphics (32EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 -
P-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (P) 1.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 11x 18x
L1 Cache - 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 384K (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 9-15 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1338 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 105°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 850 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 6-10 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Pentium Silver N6000
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i3 N305 +50%
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR4x-2933		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Pentium Silver N6000 official page Intel Core i3 N305 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 9

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Comments

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