Intel Pentium J4205 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium J4205 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2016 and belongs to the 8 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium J4205, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1296 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium J4205
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium J4000/N4000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J4205 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J4205 is 1.5 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 2.6 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.5 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 2.6 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium J4205 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium J4205 uses the Intel HD Graphics 505, which has 144 texture shaders and 18 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 505
GPU frequency: 0.25 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.8 GHz
Execution units: 18
Shaders: 144
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q3/2016

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): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

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 38.4 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1866, LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2400
Max. Memory: 8.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 38.4 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

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 J4205 is manufactured using a 14 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: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1296
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Apollo Lake
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q3/2016
Release price: 161 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD A8-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
4171
4171
Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 1.0 GHz
4165
4165
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
4148
4148
AMD Athlon II X4 600e
4C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
4127
4127
Intel Celeron G1820TE
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
4106
4106

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i7-2620M
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
2430
2430
MediaTek Helio P60
NoneC NoneT @ --
2428
2428
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
2425
2425
Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
2421
2421
Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
2419
2419

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD A8-3820
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
1346
1346
AMD A4-3300
2C 2T @ 2.5 GHz
1337
1337
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
1336
1336
AMD Phenom II X4 905e
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
1335
1335
AMD Phenom II X4 805
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
1335
1335

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
1258
1258
Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1255
1255
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
1255
1255
Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1255
1255
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1254
1254

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Samsung Exynos 7420
NoneC NoneT @ --
850
850
Intel Core i7-2677M
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
849
849
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
848
848
Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
847
847
Intel Core i3-3120ME
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
846
846

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
360
360
Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
360
360
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
360
360
AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.9 GHz
360
360
Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.8 GHz
360
360

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron J4115
4C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
340
340
MediaTek MT8176
NoneC NoneT @ --
338
338
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
338
338
MediaTek MT8176
NoneC NoneT @ --
338
338
Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
335
335

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8X
3C 3T @ 1.5 GHz
230
230
Intel Core i7-2715QE
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
230
230
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
230
230
AMD A4-9120C
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
230
230
AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
230
230

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
197
197
Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
196
196
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
196
196
Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
196
196
Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
194
194

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

AMD A10-4655M
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
52
52
Intel Celeron 1007U
2C 2T @ 1.5 GHz
52
52
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
52
52
AMD Athlon II X4 600e
4C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
52
52
Intel Celeron 1007U
2C 2T @ 1.5 GHz
52
52

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

Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
29.2
29.2
Intel Core i3-5005U
2C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
29.1
29.1
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
28.8
28.8
Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
28.7
28.7
Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
27.7
27.7

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

Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.7 GHz
2.3
2.3
AMD A8-3510MX
4C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
2.3
2.3
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
2.3
2.3
Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
2.2
2.2
AMD A6-3430MX
4C 4T @ 1.7 GHz
2.2
2.2

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

AMD A6-4455M
2C 2T @ 2.1 GHz
0.6
0.6
Intel Core i3-4020Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
0.6
0.6
Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
0.6
0.6
Intel Core i3-4020Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
0.6
0.6
Intel Celeron 2957U
2C 2T @ 1.4 GHz
0.6
0.6