Celeron G4920 vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
+30.6%
Celeron G4920
2018
2 cores / 2 threads, 54 Watt
1.57

Pentium Silver J5040 outperforms Celeron G4920 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19082114
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.093.61
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency19.392.91
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)3 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$52

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5040 has 13% better value for money than Celeron G4920.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 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 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 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)
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units18no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron G4920.

PCIe version2.03.0
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
+30.6%
Celeron G4920 1.57

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
+30.4%
Celeron G4920 2500

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 1.57
Integrated graphics card 1.18 1.89
Recency 4 November 2019 3 April 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 54 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has a 30.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 440% lower power consumption.

Celeron G4920, on the other hand, has 60.2% faster integrated GPU.

The Pentium Silver J5040 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G4920 in performance tests.


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