Pentium Silver J5040 vs Pentium Gold G5400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.35
+14.6%
Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05

Pentium Gold G5400 outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18001908
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.744.10
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency4.3619.40
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5400 has 40% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5040.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5400 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache64K (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5400 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 610Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory64 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
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.

Pentium Gold G5400 2.35
+14.6%
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.

Pentium Gold G5400 3738
+14.6%
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.

Pentium Gold G5400 738
+76.1%
Pentium Silver J5040 419

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.

Pentium Gold G5400 1509
+33.8%
Pentium Silver J5040 1128

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.35 2.05
Integrated graphics card 1.89 1.18
Recency 2 April 2018 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Gold G5400 has a 14.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 60.2% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium Silver J5040, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores, and 480% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G5400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.


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