Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Pentium N4200

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium N Series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

809 points
26% slightly better overall score
641 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1584 points
27% slightly better gaming score
1245 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

605 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

581 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
454 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.41 points
61% significantly higher Blender score
8.30 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1313 points
99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
658 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

630 points
142% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
260 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1344 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
716 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

653 points
140% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
272 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
81% significantly higher clock speed
1.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
6 W
150% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
100% significantly more pcie lanes
6

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
8 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,002nd of 1,089
1,048th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
Pentium N Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 November
2016 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-6006U vs Pentium N4200 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6006U is faster than the Pentium N4200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium N4200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Pentium N4200 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6006U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium N4200. The Pentium N4200 outputs less heat than Core i3-6006U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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