Pentium Silver J5040 vs Pentium Gold G5600

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1766	1895
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.05	3.99
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Gold	no data
Power efficiency	4.49	19.40
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$93	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5040 has 31% better value for money than Pentium Gold G5600.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5600 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	39	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	56 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	93 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5600 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5600 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 G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	64 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	800 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no 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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.42	2.05
Integrated graphics card	3.09	1.17
Recency	2 April 2018	4 November 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	10 Watt

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