Intel Core i3 N305 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i3 N305, vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i3 N305 and Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
1018
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
796
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
4411
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
2429
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
2149
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
1765
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
9843
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
5325
Integer Math34 GOps/s17.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math22.7 GOps/s9.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search24 M primes/s18 M primes/s
Random String Sort14.7 M strings/s9.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption8 GB/s4 GB/s
Data Compression114.8 MB/s67.5 MB/s
Physics574 frames/s383 frames/s
Extended Instructions58 M matrices/s23 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
1339
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
529
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i3 N305
5277
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
1507
File Compression447.7 MB/s176.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation41.7 KLines/s15.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser123.7 pages/s52.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.8 MP/sec69.8 MP/sec
Text Processing167.4 pages/s99.6 pages/s
Background Blur25 frames/s5 frames/s
Photo Processing42.1 frames/s8.79 frames/s
Ray Tracing7.03 MP/sec2.48 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i3 N305
58.26
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
23.43

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 351.8 PPW 150.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 656.2 PPW 532.5 PPW
Blender / W 3.88 PPW 2.34 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 3, 2023 January, 11, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Jasper Lake
Model number i3-N305 N6005
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics 32 EUs

Processor

Performance cores
Cores n/a 4
Threads n/a 4
Frequency n/a 2.0 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.9 GHzn/a
General
Cores count84
Threads count84
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier18x20x
L1 cache96 KB/coren/a
L2 cache2000 KB/core384 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB total4 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 9-15 W 10 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1338
Critical temp. 105 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
- DDR4-2666
- LPDDR4x-2933
Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
Channels 1 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 9 8

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i3 N305 the clear winner in this comparison.

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