i5-10400F vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.13
Core i5-10400F
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.51
+300%

Core i5-10400F outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a whopping 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1889912
Place by popularitynot in top-10012
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.1624.23
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency19.4211.94
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-10400F has 482% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5040.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F. 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-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F 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 i5-10400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-10400F.

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 2.13
i5-10400F 8.51
+300%

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
i5-10400F 13029
+300%

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.

Pentium Silver J5040 418
i5-10400F 1454
+248%

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.

Pentium Silver J5040 1124
i5-10400F 5769
+413%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium Silver J5040 2688
i5-10400F 6719
+150%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Silver J5040 8279
i5-10400F 36564
+342%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Silver J5040 15.29
i5-10400F 6.25
+145%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium Silver J5040 3
i5-10400F 14
+312%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium Silver J5040 279
i5-10400F 1332
+377%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver J5040 91
i5-10400F 180
+97.8%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver J5040 1.09
i5-10400F 2.03
+86.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium Silver J5040 19
i5-10400F 81
+323%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium Silver J5040 89
i5-10400F 229
+156%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver J5040 1672
i5-10400F 6365
+281%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver J5040 2060
+520%
i5-10400F 332

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver J5040 538
i5-10400F 1220
+127%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver J5040 2833
i5-10400F 5064
+78.8%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver J5040 8946
i5-10400F 36731
+311%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver J5040 108
i5-10400F 215
+98.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.13 8.51
Recency 4 November 2019 30 April 2020
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has 550% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has a 299.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-10400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.


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