Pentium Silver J5005 vs Core 2 Duo P8600

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo P8600
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.53
Pentium Silver J5005
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.95
+268%

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Core 2 Duo P8600 by a whopping 268% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28581954
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.50
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency2.0118.44
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache128 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size81 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors274 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA479,PBGA479,PGA478FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataupto-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005.

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.

Core 2 Duo P8600 0.53
Pentium Silver J5005 1.95
+268%

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.

Core 2 Duo P8600 849
Pentium Silver J5005 3104
+266%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo P8600 280
Pentium Silver J5005 374
+33.6%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo P8600 468
Pentium Silver J5005 1077
+130%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 1.95
Recency 15 July 2008 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Silver J5005 has a 267.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver J5005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo P8600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo P8600 is a notebook processor while Pentium Silver J5005 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo P8600 and Pentium Silver J5005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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