i3-8100H vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
Core i3-8100H
2018
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
2.71
+32.2%

Core i3-8100H outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19081709
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.09no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiency19.395.70
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)3 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$225

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache56 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB6 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1 GHz
Execution Units18no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.


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 J5040 2.05
i3-8100H 2.71
+32.2%

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.

Pentium Silver J5040 3261
i3-8100H 4310
+32.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 2.71
Integrated graphics card 1.18 3.09
Recency 4 November 2019 3 July 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 350% lower power consumption.

i3-8100H, on the other hand, has a 32.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 161.9% faster integrated GPU.

The Core i3-8100H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while Core i3-8100H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i3-8100H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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