Intel Pentium J2900 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium J2900 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2013 and belongs to the 6 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium J2900, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1170 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium J2900
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium J2000/N3500
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J2900 is 2.41 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 2.67 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.41 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 2.67 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.67 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium J2900 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium J2900 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1), which has 32 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.69 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.9 GHz
Execution units: 4
Shaders: 32
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.2
Technology: 22 nm
Release date: Q3/2013

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 8.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1333
Max. Memory: 8.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 21.3 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 10 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 10 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J2900 is manufactured using a 22 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1170
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Bay Trail
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q4/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
3612
3612
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
3608
3608
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
3537
3537
AMD A6-3500
3C 3T @ 2.1 GHz
3524
3524
Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
3522
3522

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Pentium N3700
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
1248
1248
AMD A4-3300M
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
1242
1242
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
1240
1240
Intel Atom x5-Z8500
4C 4T @ 1.44 GHz
1237
1237
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
1236
1236

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron J3060
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
1042
1042
Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
1042
1042
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
1042
1042
Intel Celeron N3060
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
1042
1042
Intel Celeron J3060
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
1042
1042

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core2 Duo E7400
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
765
765
Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
765
765
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
765
765
AMD Athlon II X3 400e
3C 3T @ 2.2 GHz
765
765
Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
765
765

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
584
584
AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
583
583
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
576
576
Intel Atom x5-Z8550
4C 4T @ 1.44 GHz
568
568
Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
564
564

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
242
242
AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
241
241
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
240
240
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
239
239
Intel Atom x7-Z8750
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
239
239

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
195
195
Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
195
195
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
195
195
Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
195
195
Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
195
195

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
162
162
Intel Pentium 4405Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
161
161
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
161
161
Intel Pentium 4405Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
161
161
Intel Celeron G1620T
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
159
159

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
57
57
Intel Pentium N3540
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
57
57
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
57
57
Intel Pentium N3540
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
57
57
Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
57
57

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
44
44
AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
44
44
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
44
44
AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
44
44
AMD A10-7300
4C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
44
44

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Intel Celeron N2910
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
8.7
8.7
AMD E-450
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
8.4
8.4
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
8
8
Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
7.8
7.8
Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
7.7
7.7

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
2.0
2.0
Intel Core i3-4030U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
2.0
2.0
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
2.0
2.0
Intel Core i3-4030U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
2.0
2.0
AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
2.0
2.0

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
0.5
0.5
Intel Pentium N3540
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0.5
0.5
Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
0.5
0.5
Intel Pentium N3710
4C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
0.5
0.5
Intel Pentium N3540
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
0.5
0.5