Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  9 4
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 Broadcom BCM2711

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.40 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A72

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 605 Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.80 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  18 4
• Shader
  144 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9.5 6
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 06/2019

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Pentium Silver J5040. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400LPDDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 8192 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  6

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  -- 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and Intel Pentium Silver J5040, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Cortex-A72
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2019 06/2019