Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2019 and belongs to the 9 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Silver J5040, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1090 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium J5000/N5000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is 2.0 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.2 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.0 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.2 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, 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 UHD Graphics 605
GPU frequency: 0.25 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.8 GHz
Execution units: 18
Shaders: 144
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q4/2017

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 / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
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: DDR4-2400, LPDDR4-2400
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 Silver J5040 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 4.0 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 1090
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Gemini 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: Q4/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD Phenom II X4 B93
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
3489
3489
Intel Core i7-6600U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
3465
3465
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
3460
3460
Intel Core i5-L16G7
5C 5T @ 1.4 GHz
3451
3451
AMD A10-4657M
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
3449
3449

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

MediaTek Dimensity 800U
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
1783
1783
Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
1782
1782
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1773
1773
Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
1772
1772
Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 1.3 GHz
1768
1768

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-3360M
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1249
1249
Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1245
1245
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1244
1244
Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.4 GHz
1240
1240
Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
1240
1240

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
739
739
Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
735
735
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
730
730
Intel Xeon E5450
NoneC NoneT @ --
721
721
AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
716
716

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
544
544
MediaTek Helio G99
NoneC NoneT @ --
543
543
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
542
542
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
541
541
AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
541
541

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-4010Y
2C 4T @ 1.3 GHz
439
439
Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
439
439
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
435
435
Intel Core i5-3317U
2C 4T @ 1.7 GHz
431
431
Intel Core i3-530
2C 4T @ 2.93 GHz
430
430

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-6360U
2C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
318
318
Intel Atom C2750
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
317
317
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
317
317
Intel Atom C2750
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
317
317
Intel Core i3-4160T
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
316
316

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 Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
230
230
AMD A4-9120C
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
230
230
AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
230
230

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
197
197
Intel Celeron N4500
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
197
197
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
197
197
Intel Celeron N4500
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
197
197
Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
197
197

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron G1620
2C 2T @ 2.7 GHz
95
95
Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
95
95
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
95
95
Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
95
95
Intel Celeron G1840T
2C 2T @ 2.5 GHz
95
95