Atom 230 vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
+1764%
Atom 230
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.11

Pentium Silver J5040 outperforms Atom 230 by a whopping 1764% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19083377
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.10no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency19.392.60
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache56 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size93 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C85 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605-
Max video memory8 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHz-
Execution Units18-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz-
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.4-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Atom 230.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes6no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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 J5040 2.05
+1764%
Atom 230 0.11

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 J5040 3261
+1830%
Atom 230 169

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium Silver J5040 2688
+383%
Atom 230 557

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Silver J5040 8279
+873%
Atom 230 851

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 0.11
Recency 4 November 2019 2 April 2008
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 4 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has a 1763.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver J5040 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 230 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


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