Pentium J2900: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium J2900 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.79% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium J2900 sales 1 November 2013 at a recommended price of $94. This is a Bay Trail-D architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2660 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1170 processor with a TDP of 10 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium J2900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in the ranking | 2632 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Series | Intel Pentium | |
Power efficiency | 7.48 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
Architecture codename | Bay Trail-D (2013) | |
Release date | 1 November 2013 (11 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $94 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
Threads | 4 | |
Base clock speed | 2.41 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
Boost clock speed | 2.66 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
L1 cache | 224 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
L2 cache | 2 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
64 bit support | + | |
Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium J2900 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
Socket | FCBGA1170 | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
Idle States | + | |
PAE | 36 Bit | |
FDI | - | |
RST | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
EDB | + | |
Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
VT-d | - | |
VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium J2900's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium J2900.
Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series | |
Quick Sync Video | + | |
Graphics max frequency | 896 MHz | |
InTru 3D | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900's integrated GPU.
Number of displays supported | 2 |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium J2900's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | 11.2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
PCI Express lanes | 4 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | |
Total number of SATA ports | 2 | |
Number of USB ports | 5 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium J2900. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium J2900 is A6-9210, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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