Pentium Silver J5040 vs A6-4400M

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Aggregate performance score

A6-4400M
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.64
Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
+220%

Pentium Silver J5040 outperforms A6-4400M by a whopping 220% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27751908
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency1.7319.39
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

A6-4400M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache96 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-4400M 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 configuration11
SocketFS1r2FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
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 A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040 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 A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon HD 7520G (496 - 685 MHz)Intel 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 A6-4400M 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 A6-4400M 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 A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-4400M and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe versionno data2.0
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.

A6-4400M 0.64
Pentium Silver J5040 2.05
+220%

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.

A6-4400M 1013
Pentium Silver J5040 3261
+222%

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.

A6-4400M 314
Pentium Silver J5040 419
+33.4%

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.

A6-4400M 398
Pentium Silver J5040 1128
+183%

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.

A6-4400M 2292
Pentium Silver J5040 2688
+17.3%

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.

A6-4400M 3407
Pentium Silver J5040 8279
+143%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6-4400M 1804
Pentium Silver J5040 4296
+138%

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.

A6-4400M 46.82
Pentium Silver J5040 15.29
+206%

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.

A6-4400M 1
Pentium Silver J5040 3
+209%

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.

A6-4400M 0.8
Pentium Silver J5040 1.09
+36.3%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A6-4400M 0.7
Pentium Silver J5040 2
+203%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

A6-4400M 1353
Pentium Silver J5040 1391
+2.8%

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.  

A6-4400M 8
Pentium Silver J5040 19
+153%

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.  

A6-4400M 39
Pentium Silver J5040 89
+130%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 2.05
Integrated graphics card 0.82 1.18
Recency 15 May 2012 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has a 220.3% higher aggregate performance score, 43.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver J5040 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-4400M in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-4400M is a notebook processor while Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop one.


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