Atom x7-Z8700 vs Pentium Silver J5005
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by a whopping 133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1934 | 2568 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.59 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Silver | 7x Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 18.51 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont Plus (2017) | Cherry Trail (2015−2016) |
| Release date | 11 December 2017 (6 years ago) | 2 March 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 15 | 16 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 93 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 deg C | 90 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 | UTFCBGA1380 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| 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 | + | - |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| 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 x7-Z8700 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | upto-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 605 | Intel HD Graphics |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution Units | 18 | 16 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 3840x2160 |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 2560x1600 |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 Atom x7-Z8700.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | 2 |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | 3 |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.03 | 0.87 |
| Integrated graphics card | 1.17 | 0.77 |
| Recency | 11 December 2017 | 2 March 2015 |
Pentium Silver J5005 has a 133.3% higher aggregate performance score, 51.9% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 years.
The Pentium Silver J5005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-Z8700 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Silver J5005 is a desktop processor while Atom x7-Z8700 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5005 and Atom x7-Z8700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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