Intel Core i9-7960X vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,468

Rank #122

vs
4,587

Rank #1,200

6,468
4,587

Core i9-7960X wins by 29.1% (Rank #122 vs #1200)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,209

Rank #200

vs
4,633

Rank #1,191

6,209
4,633

Core i9-7960X wins by 25.4% (Rank #200 vs #1191)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,857

Rank #115

vs
4,519

Rank #1,195

6,857
4,519

Core i9-7960X wins by 34.1% (Rank #115 vs #1195)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,470

Rank #187

vs
4,608

Rank #945

5,470
4,608

Core i9-7960X wins by 15.8% (Rank #187 vs #945)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,649

Rank #172

vs
4,640

Rank #810

5,649
4,640

Core i9-7960X wins by 17.9% (Rank #172 vs #810)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,653

Rank #149

vs
4,588

Rank #989

5,653
4,588

Core i9-7960X wins by 18.8% (Rank #149 vs #989)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Core i9-7960X Pentium Silver N6005 Diff
Cores
16
4
+75%
Threads
32
4
+87.5%
Base Frequency
2,800 MHz
2,000 MHz
+28.6%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
4,200 MHz
--
Turbo Frequency (2 cores)
4,200 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
28x
20x
+28.6%
L1 Cache
1,024 KB
62 KB
+93.9%
L2 Cache
16 MiB
1 MiB
+91.1%
L3 Cache
22 MiB
4 MiB
+82.7%
Memory Channels
4
--
Maximum Memory
128 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
79 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
44
--
Max CPUs
1
--
TDP (lower is better)
165 W
10 W
93.9% more
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
10 nm
28.6% more

General Information

Specification Core i9-7960X Pentium Silver N6005
Designer Intel Intel
Family Core --
Series i9-7900 --
Model Number i9-7960X --
Microarchitecture Skylake --
Core Name Skylake Jasper Lake
Core Family 6 --
Core Model 85 --
Socket Socket BGA 1338
Package FCLGA-2066 FC-BGA16F
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2666 DDR4, LPDDR4
ECC Support No --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Desktop Mobile
Release Price $1,699.00 --
Locked Multiplier No Yes

Designer

Core i9-7960X
Intel
Pentium Silver N6005
Intel

Family

Core i9-7960X
Core
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Series

Core i9-7960X
i9-7900
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Model Number

Core i9-7960X
i9-7960X
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Microarchitecture

Core i9-7960X
Skylake
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Core Name

Core i9-7960X
Skylake
Pentium Silver N6005
Jasper Lake

Core Family

Core i9-7960X
6
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Core Model

Core i9-7960X
85
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Socket

Core i9-7960X
Socket
Pentium Silver N6005
BGA 1338

Package

Core i9-7960X
FCLGA-2066
Pentium Silver N6005
FC-BGA16F

Chipset

Core i9-7960X
Lewisburg
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Memory Type

Core i9-7960X
DDR4-2666
Pentium Silver N6005
DDR4, LPDDR4

ECC Support

Core i9-7960X
No
Pentium Silver N6005
--

PCIe Revision

Core i9-7960X
3.0
Pentium Silver N6005
--

PCIe Configuration

Core i9-7960X
x16, x8, x4
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Market Segment

Core i9-7960X
Desktop
Pentium Silver N6005
Mobile

Release Price

Core i9-7960X
$1,699.00
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Locked Multiplier

Core i9-7960X
No
Pentium Silver N6005
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Core i9-7960X Pentium Silver N6005
Process 14 nm 10 nm
Die Area 484 mm² 63.8 mm²
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Core i9-7960X
14 nm
Pentium Silver N6005
10 nm

Die Area

Core i9-7960X
484 mm²
Pentium Silver N6005
63.8 mm²

Manufacturer

Core i9-7960X
Intel
Pentium Silver N6005
Intel

Technology

Core i9-7960X
CMOS
Pentium Silver N6005
--

Word Size

Core i9-7960X
64-bit
Pentium Silver N6005
--

ISA

Core i9-7960X
x86-64 (x86)
Pentium Silver N6005
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Core i9-7960X Pentium Silver N6005
ABM
ADX
AES
AVX
AVX-512
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA
FMA3
FPU
Flex Memory
HT
MMX
NX
Protected
RdRand
Real
SHA
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSSE3
TBMT 3.0
TBT 1.0
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VT-d
VT-x
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64