Pentium Silver J5040 vs Xeon E5620

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5620
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
2.26
+10.2%
Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05

Xeon E5620 outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18271908
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.084.09
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.6719.39
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$35$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5040 has 5013% better value for money than Xeon E5620.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 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 speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size239 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size288 GB8 GB
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
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.

Xeon E5620 2.26
+10.2%
Pentium Silver J5040 2.05

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.

Xeon E5620 3592
+10.2%
Pentium Silver J5040 3261

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.

Xeon E5620 367
Pentium Silver J5040 419
+14.2%

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.

Xeon E5620 1468
+30.1%
Pentium Silver J5040 1128

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.26 2.05
Recency 16 March 2010 4 November 2019
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 10 Watt

Xeon E5620 has a 10.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver J5040, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5620 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5620 and Pentium Silver J5040, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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