Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs Intel Core i5-4590

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and Intel Core i5-4590 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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

Intel Core i5-4590

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Around 44% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 72.72°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
8.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 84 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 72.72°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4590

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2085 vs 1346
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5369 vs 3255

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2085 vs 1346
PassMark - CPU mark	5369 vs 3255

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver J5040
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4590

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1346

2085

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3255

5369

Name	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	Intel Core i5-4590
PassMark - Single thread mark	1346	2085
PassMark - CPU mark	3255	5369
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		876
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2820
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		1893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		71.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3383
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3383

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	Intel Core i5-4590
Essentials
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh	Haswell
Launch date	Q4'19	May 2014
Place in performance rating	1833	1823
Processor Number	J5040	i5-4590
Series	Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series	4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$300
Price now		$188.99
Value for money (0-100)		11.38
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	72.72°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Graphics
Device ID	0x3184	0x412
Execution Units	18
Graphics base frequency	250 MHz	350 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.15 GHz
Max video memory	8 GB	2 GB
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3	3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	25mm x 24mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1090	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless	Intel Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes	6	16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0	Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations	1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Total number of SATA ports	2
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Scalability		1S Only
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)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)