Celeron B820 vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
+310%
Celeron B820
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.50

Pentium Silver J5040 outperforms Celeron B820 by a whopping 310% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19082889
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency19.411.35
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size93 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 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)
SocketFCBGA1090FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 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--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 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 Celeron B820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI+no data
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes616
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
+310%
Celeron B820 0.50

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
+307%
Celeron B820 802

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.

Pentium Silver J5040 419
+49.6%
Celeron B820 280

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.

Pentium Silver J5040 1128
+129%
Celeron B820 492

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 0.50
Integrated graphics card 1.18 0.77
Recency 4 November 2019 1 July 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has a 310% higher aggregate performance score, 53.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver J5040 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B820 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while Celeron B820 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron B820, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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