Pentium Silver J5005 vs Ryzen 3 1200

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1419	1954
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.14	1.50
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency	5.87	18.45
Architecture codename	Summit Ridge (Zen) (2017)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)	11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 3 1200 has 176% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5005.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 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	3.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	31	15
L1 cache	384 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	213 mm2	93 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 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 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	upto-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 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
Max video memory	-	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	800 MHz
Execution Units	-	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Silver J5005.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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.

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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	4.03	1.95
Recency	27 July 2017	11 December 2017
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

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