Pentium Silver N5000 vs Pentium Silver J5005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1843	2017
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 Silver
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date	1 December 2017 (6 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$161
Current price	$83 (0.5x MSRP)	$358 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 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	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	224 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
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 Silver N5000 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	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	18	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Pentium Silver N5000.

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 Silver N5000 by 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.00	1.58
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

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