Pentium J4205 vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.50
+267%
Pentium J4205
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.50

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Pentium J4205 by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11622155
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.120.17
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Pentium
Power efficiency8.0114.20
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)30 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2400G has 3500% better value for money than Pentium J4205.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplier3615
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size210 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,950 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium J4205.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.50
+267%
Pentium J4205 1.50

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8731
+266%
Pentium J4205 2384

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1032
+271%
Pentium J4205 278

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3216
+326%
Pentium J4205 755

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.50 1.50
Integrated graphics card 5.48 0.93
Recency 12 February 2018 30 August 2016
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 266.7% higher aggregate performance score, 489.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more threads.

Pentium J4205, on the other hand, has 550% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J4205 in performance tests.


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