Pentium Silver J5040 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500GT
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.72
+520%
Pentium Silver J5040
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
2.05

Ryzen 5 5500GT outperforms Pentium Silver J5040 by a whopping 520% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6091908
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.444.10
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency18.5219.40
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 5500GT has 1594% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5040.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache16 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 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
SocketAM4FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 7Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium Silver J5040.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Ryzen 5 5500GT 12.72
+520%
Pentium Silver J5040 2.05

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.

Ryzen 5 5500GT 20198
+519%
Pentium Silver J5040 3261

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.72 2.05
Integrated graphics card 7.47 1.18
Recency 8 January 2024 4 November 2019
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500GT has a 520.5% higher aggregate performance score, 533.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Silver J5040, on the other hand, has 550% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500GT is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver J5040 in performance tests.


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