Intel Pentium Silver J5040
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose Intel Pentium Silver J5040 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

2.00 GHz
Frequency
2.10 GHz
4
CPU Cores
4
3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core)
3.70 GHz
4
CPU Threads
8
No
Hyperthreading
Yes
No
Overclocking
No
2.80 GHz
Turbo (4 Cores)
3.00 GHz

Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? Intel Pentium Silver J5040 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. 

Intel UHD Graphics 605
GPU name
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
0.25 GHz
GPU frequency
1.20 GHz
0.80 GHz
GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
9.5
Generation
8
12
DirectX Version
12
18
Execution units
8
144
Shader
512
8 GB
Max. Memory
2 GB
3
Max. displays
3
14 nm
Technology
14 nm
Q4/2017
Release date
Q1/2018

Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

Decode / Encode
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 8bit
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 10bit
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
VC-1
Decode
Decode / Encode
AVC
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR4-2400 LPDDR4-2400
Memory type
DDR4-2400
8 GB
Max. Memory
32 GB
2
Memory channels
2
No
ECC
Yes
2.0
PCIe version
3.0
6
PCIe lanes
12

Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

Yes
AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

10 W
TDP
15 W
--
Tjunction max.
105 °C
--
TDP up
35 W
--
TDP down
12 W

Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

4.00 MB
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
14 nm
Technology
12 nm
Gemini Lake Refresh
Architecture
Picasso (Zen+)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Virtualization
AMD-V, SEV
BGA 1090
Socket
FP5
Q4/2019
Release date
Q1/2019
Market price
ca. --$
no data
Instruction set (ISA)
AMD64
no data
L2-Cache
2.00 MB
no data
Part Number
individual

Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

Unknown
Used in
Notebooks HP, ACER, Lenovo, ASUS, MSI

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Pentium Silver J5040
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Ryzen 5 3500U