Athlon II X4 620e vs Pentium Silver J5005

Place in the ranking	1954	2008
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.52	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Power efficiency	18.36	3.83
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	11 December 2017 (7 years ago)	3 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	93 mm²	169 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	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 Silver J5005 1.95
+6.6%

Athlon II X4 620e 1.83

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 Silver J5005 3104
+6.8%

Athlon II X4 620e 2906

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.95	1.83
Recency	11 December 2017	3 May 2011
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

Pentium Silver J5005 has a 6.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5005 and Athlon II X4 620e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.