Athlon II X4 620e vs Pentium Silver J5005

General info

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1802	1860
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.61	0.26
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	1 December 2017 (6 years ago)	3 May 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data
Current price	$83 (0.5x MSRP)	$149

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5005 has 1673% better value for money than Athlon II X4 620e.

Technical specs

Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	169 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e.

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

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Athlon II X4 620e by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.00	1.88
Recency	1 December 2017	3 May 2011
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

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