Should you use Intel Pentium Silver N6000 or Intel Core i3 7020U? Well, your search ends here. Find out which Laptop chipset would work best for you. Compare the two models on the basis of their Performance, memory, IGPU and benchmark scores. Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is manufactured by Intel in India whereas Intel Core i3 7020U is manufactured by Intel in India. Base frequency and memory size are the primary matrices to judge the overall speed and performance of the chipset. Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has a Base frequency of 1.1 GHz and 16 GB memory size whereas Intel Core i3 7020U has a base frequency of 2.3 GHz and 32 GB memory.
Check detailed comparison below to compare specification for both models. Don't forget to check out expert opinion as well.
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| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP | 6 W | 15 W |
| Max. temperature | 105°C | 100°C |
General | ||
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 11, 2021 | April 1, 2018 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Jasper Lake | Kaby Lake |
| Model number | N6000 | i3-7020U |
| Socket | BGA-1338 | BGA-1356 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 32 EUs | HD Graphics 620 |
Performance | ||
| Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency | 1.1 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | |
| Multiplier | 11x | 23x |
| L2 Cache | 384K (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 4MB (shared) | 3MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
IGPU | ||
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs | Intel HD Graphics 620 |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 850 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Shading Units | 256 | 192 |
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 8 | 3 |
| Execution Units | 32 | 24 |
| TGP | 10 W | 15 W |
Memory | ||
| Memory types | DDR4-2666, LPDDR4x-2933 | DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc | ||
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 8 | 12 |
| Official page | https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/212330/intel-pentium-silver-n6000-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-30-ghz.html | https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122590/intel-core-i3-7020u-processor-3m-cache-2-30-ghz.html |
Benchmarks | ||
| Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 753 | |
| Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 2018 | |
| Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 1129 | 1328 |
| Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 2809 | 2560 |
| Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) | 707 | 583 |
| Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) | 1767 | 1328 |
| iGPU FLOPS | 0.38 TFLOPS | 0.4 TFLOPS |
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has been announced on January 2021 whereas Intel Core i3 7020U has been announced on April 2018. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:
Passmark Score consists of 4 parameters: CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX. The Passmark score measures the performance of the CPU. Passmark score is that measures a processor's single core performance and evaluates multi core performance. The Passmark score value of Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is 2809 whereas Passmark score value of Intel Core i3 7020U is 2560.
Coming to the Memory, Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has a memory size of 16 GB while Intel Core i3 7020U comes up with 32 GB. Max. Memory Channels used in the first compared laptop chipset is 2 and Max. Memory Channels used in the other laptop chipset 2.
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has 4 cores with 4 threads whereas Intel Core i3 7020U has 2 cores with 4 threads. Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has base frequency of 1.1 GHz whereas Intel Core i3 7020Uhas base frequency of 2.3 GHz.