AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Pentium Silver N6000 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5300U performs better than the Pentium Silver N6000. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Silver N6000 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Silver N6000. The Pentium Silver N6000 outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 5300U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.