Intel Pentium Silver J5005 vs Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 Broadcom BCM2837B0
• Family
  Intel Pentium Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  9 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.8 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.7 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  18 2
• Generation
  9.5 5
• GPU Frequency
  250 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 605 Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU Turbo
  800 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 1 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 02/2016
• Shader
  144 24
• Technology
  14 nm 40 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Intel Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  - LPDDR2
• PCIe lanes
  6 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  10 W 7 W
• TDP down
  - 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Cortex-A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 02/2016
• Socket
  BGA 1090 -
• Technology
  14 nm 40 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None