Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 Intel Pentium N6000
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Intel Pentium
• Generation
  1 10
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Kryo 495 Gold -- Tremont
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 495 Silver -
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.15 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.15 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12.0 12
• Execution units
  0 32
• Generation
  6 11
• GPU Frequency
  - 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 690 Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 850 MHz
• Max. displays
  0 3
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2021
• Shader
  0 256
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 6 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 20 W
• TDP down
  - 4.8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Intel Pentium Silver N6000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 495 Jasper Lake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  - 1.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Release date
  2020 Q4/2021
• Socket
  - BGA 1090
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d