Intel Pentium Silver J5005 vs Pentium G4520

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Combined performance score

Pentium G4520
1.76

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Pentium G4520 by 14% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18911795
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.124.61
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Pentium Silver
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)1 December 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$93$161
Current price$278 (3x MSRP)$83 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5005 has 3742% better value for money than Pentium G4520.

Technical specs

Pentium G4520 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 speed3.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size150 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °C72 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4520 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-no data
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4upto-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory64 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4520 and Pentium Silver J5005.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
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.

Pentium G4520 1.76
Pentium Silver J5005 2.01
+14.2%

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Pentium G4520 by 14% 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%

Pentium G4520 2707
Pentium Silver J5005 3094
+14.3%

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Pentium G4520 by 14% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium G4520 838
+126%
Pentium Silver J5005 371

Pentium G4520 outperforms Pentium Silver J5005 by 126% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium G4520 1594
+48.7%
Pentium Silver J5005 1072

Pentium G4520 outperforms Pentium Silver J5005 by 49% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.76 2.01
Integrated graphics card 2.58 1.17
Recency 1 September 2015 1 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Cost $93 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 10 Watt

The Pentium Silver J5005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4520 in performance tests.


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