Atom 230 vs Pentium Silver J5005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1940	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.47	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	18.45	no data
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	no data	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	15	12
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	56 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	93 mm2	25.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	47 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1090	PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
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 Atom 230 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	-
Max video memory	8 GB	-
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	-
Execution Units	18	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	-
eDP	+	-
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	-
OpenGL	4.4	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom 230.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 December 2017	2 April 2008
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	4 Watt

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