Celeron J3060 vs Pentium Silver J5040

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1908	2978
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.10	0.02
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	19.40	6.78
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	Airmont (2016)
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5040 has 20400% better value for money than Celeron J3060.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 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	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.48 GHz
Bus type	no data	IDI
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	93 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	700 MHz
Execution Units	18	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	+
OpenGL	4.4	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Celeron J3060.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	4
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	5
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	8	5
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.05	0.43
Recency	4 November 2019	15 January 2016
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

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