Pentium J4205: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium J4205 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.51% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium J4205 sales 30 August 2016 at a recommended price of $161. This is a Goldmont architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1296 processor with a TDP of 10 Watt. It supports DDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s memory.
Primary details
Pentium J4205 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2134 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.16 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | Intel Pentium | |
| Power efficiency | 14.29 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont (2016−2017) | |
| Release date | 30 August 2016 (8 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
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 | 1.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 15 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 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 J4205 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 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1296 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium J4205. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Smart Response | - | |
| GPIO | + | |
| Smart Connect | - | |
| HD Audio | + | |
| RST | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Boot | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Identity Protection | + | |
| OS Guard | - | |
| Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium J4205's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium J4205.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 505 | |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Clear Video | + | |
| Clear Video HD | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
| Execution Units | 18 | |
| InTru 3D | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J4205's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| MIPI-DSI | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium J4205's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | + | |
| OpenGL | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | |
| Integrated LAN | - | |
| UART | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium J4205. 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.
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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium J4205 is Phenom II X4 850, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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