M3-8100Y vs Pentium Silver J5005
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1937 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.49 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Silver | Intel Core M3 |
| Power efficiency | 18.48 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont Plus (2017) | Amber Lake (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 11 December 2017 (6 years ago) | 28 August 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | $281 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | OPI |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 15 | 16 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 93 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 deg C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1090 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y. 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) | + | + |
| 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 M3-8100Y 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 M3-8100Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | upto-2400 | DDR3L-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 29.861 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 605 | Intel UHD Graphics 615 |
| 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 M3-8100Y 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 M3-8100Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y 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 M3-8100Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | 10 |
| 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 |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 1.17 | 1.98 |
| Recency | 11 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 5 Watt |
Pentium Silver J5005 has 100% more physical cores.
M3-8100Y, on the other hand, has 69.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium Silver J5005 is a desktop processor while M3-8100Y is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5005 and M3-8100Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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