Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD PRO A10-9700E

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and AMD PRO A10-9700E 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium Silver J5040

AMD PRO A10-9700E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3351 vs 3040

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3351 vs 3040

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700E

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1444 vs 1375

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1444 vs 1375

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver J5040
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1375

1444

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3351

3040

Name	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD PRO A10-9700E
PassMark - Single thread mark	1375	1444
PassMark - CPU mark	3351	3040
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		248.331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		74.999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4350

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD PRO A10-9700E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh
Launch date	Q4'19	3 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1702	1172
Processor Number	J5040
Series	Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD970BAHM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x3184
Execution Units	18
Graphics base frequency	250 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	847 MHz
Max video memory	8 GB
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 605	R7
Enduro
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
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	25mm x 24mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1090	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	35 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	3.0
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 Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
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