EPYC Embedded 3151 vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1896not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.18no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency19.40no data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)21 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.9 GHz
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache56 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 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)
SocketFCBGA1090AMD BGA SP4r2
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
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 EPYC Embedded 3151 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size8 GB512 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151 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 EPYC Embedded 3151 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes632
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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 November 2019 21 February 2018
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 350% lower power consumption.

EPYC Embedded 3151, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver J5040 and EPYC Embedded 3151. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while EPYC Embedded 3151 is a server/workstation one.


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