i5-11500H vs Pentium J2900

Place in the ranking	2614	765
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency	7.43	27.33
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Tiger Lake H45 (2021)
Release date	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	224 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	no data
RST	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	no data	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	51.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	1.45 GHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	4	20
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no 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 J2900 0.80

i5-11500H 10.30
+1188%

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 J2900 1249

i5-11500H 16058
+1186%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.80	10.30
Recency	1 November 2013	11 May 2021
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium J2900 has 250% lower power consumption.

i5-11500H, on the other hand, has a 1187.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-11500H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J2900 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium J2900 and Core i5-11500H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.