Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD A4 PRO-7350B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and AMD A4 PRO-7350B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Pentium Silver J5040

AMD A4 PRO-7350B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver J5040

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 50% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 70°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3255 vs 1544

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3255 vs 1544

Reasons to consider the AMD A4 PRO-7350B

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1438 vs 1346

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1438 vs 1346

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver J5040
CPU 2: AMD A4 PRO-7350B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1346

1438

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3255

1544

Name	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD A4 PRO-7350B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1346	1438
PassMark - CPU mark	3255	1544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		179.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		24.503

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD A4 PRO-7350B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh
Launch date	Q4'19
Place in performance rating	1833	1834
Processor Number	J5040
Series	Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A4 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD735BYBI23JA
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	70°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4	2
Compute Cores		5
L2 cache		1 MB
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x3184
Execution Units	18
Graphics base frequency	250 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	514 MHz
Max video memory	8 GB
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 605	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count		192
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	25mm x 24mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1090	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		35 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless	Intel Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes	6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Total number of SATA ports	2
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0