Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD A8-7680

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Combined performance score

A8-7680
2.30
+6%

A8-7680 outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16811729
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money15.781.52
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2018)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date26 October 2018 (5 years old)4 November 2019 (4 years old)
Current price$73 $649
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-7680 has 938% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5040.

Technical specs

A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM2+FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R7Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-7680 2.30
+6%
Pentium Silver J5040 2.17

A8-7680 outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A8-7680 3537
+5.9%
Pentium Silver J5040 3340

A8-7680 outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by 6% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.30 2.17
Recency 26 October 2018 4 November 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 10 Watt

We couldn't decide between A8-7680 and Pentium Silver J5040. The differences in performance seem too small.


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