i5-1240P vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05
Core i5-1240P
2022
12 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
10.71
+422%

Core i5-1240P outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a whopping 422% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1908730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.10no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency19.4036.20
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed2 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size93 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.3 GHz
Execution Units1880

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.44.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes620
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
i5-1240P 10.71
+422%

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
i5-1240P 17018
+422%

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
i5-1240P 8205
+205%

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
i5-1240P 42275
+411%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Silver J5040 15.29
i5-1240P 10.1
+51.4%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium Silver J5040 3
i5-1240P 22
+533%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium Silver J5040 279
i5-1240P 1567
+461%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver J5040 91
i5-1240P 226
+148%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver J5040 1.09
i5-1240P 2.85
+161%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pentium Silver J5040 2
i5-1240P 6.6
+230%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pentium Silver J5040 1391
i5-1240P 17276
+1142%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver J5040 1672
i5-1240P 8298
+396%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver J5040 2060
+416%
i5-1240P 399

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver J5040 538
i5-1240P 1589
+195%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver J5040 2833
i5-1240P 4791
+69.1%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver J5040 8946
i5-1240P 34118
+281%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver J5040 108
i5-1240P 262
+142%

CrossMark Overall

Pentium Silver J5040 426
i5-1240P 1502
+253%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Pentium Silver J5040 80
i5-1240P 228
+184%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 10.71
Recency 4 November 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 28 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has 180% lower power consumption.

i5-1240P, on the other hand, has a 422.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 200% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Core i5-1240P is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while Core i5-1240P is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver J5040 and Core i5-1240P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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