Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs Pentium Gold G5420T

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
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Games supported 78%

General info

Comparing Pentium Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating14921508
Place by popularity15no data
Value for moneyno data1.45
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date23 April 2019 (3 years old)4 November 2019 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data
Current priceno data$649
Value for money

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Technical specs

Pentium Gold G5420T 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature88 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5420T 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
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA1090
Thermal design power (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040 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 Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth37.5 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 610-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
InTru 3D+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5420T and Pentium Silver J5040.

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+

Benchmark performance

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


Overall 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 Gold G5420T 2.78
+1.8%
Pentium Silver J5040 2.73
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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: 67%

Pentium Gold G5420T 3508
+1.9%
Pentium Silver J5040 3443

Pentium Gold G5420T outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 2.78 2.73
Recency 23 April 2019 4 November 2019
Base clock speed 0 2000
Thermal design power (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
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Intel Pentium Silver J5040
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Competitors of Pentium Gold G5420T by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Pentium Gold G5420T by AMD is A10-7890K, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 6 positions in our rating.

AMD A10-7890K A10 7890K
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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Gold G5420T:

A8-7680 101.08
PRO A10-8770 100.72
Pentium Gold G5420T 100
A12-9800 99.64
A10-7890K 99.64

Competitors of Pentium Silver J5040 by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Pentium Silver J5040 by AMD is A12-9800E, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.

AMD A12-9800E A12 9800E
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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Silver J5040:

A10-7890K 101.47
A10-7870K 100.37
A12-9800E 100
Pentium Silver J5040 100

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