Xeon Platinum 8581V vs Pentium Silver J5040

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1908not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.10no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency19.40no data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$7,568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V 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)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads4120
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB300 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size93 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605N/A
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 Xeon Platinum 8581V 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 Xeon Platinum 8581V 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 Xeon Platinum 8581V integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes680
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 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 60
Threads 4 120
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 270 Watt

Pentium Silver J5040 has 2600% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8581V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 1400% more physical cores and 2900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver J5040 and Xeon Platinum 8581V. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Silver J5040 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8581V is a server/workstation one.


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