Pentium Silver J5005 vs Pentium Silver J5040

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1909	1955
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.09	1.49
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency	19.40	18.45
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5040 has 174% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5005.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 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	2 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Multiplier	no data	15
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	56 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	93 mm2	93 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	-
GPIO	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 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 J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	upto-2400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s

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	800 MHz
Execution Units	18	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005 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 J5040 and Pentium Silver J5005.

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.05	1.95
Recency	4 November 2019	11 December 2017

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