Pentium N4200 vs Pentium Silver J5005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1833	2119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.61	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date	1 December 2017 (6 years ago)	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$161
Current price	$83 (0.5x MSRP)	$352 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 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	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 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	FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 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 605	Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	18	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200 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 Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	+
OpenGL	4.4	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	6
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	8	8
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

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 Pentium N4200 by 43% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.00	1.40
Integrated graphics card	1.17	0.87
Recency	1 December 2017	1 September 2016
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

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