Intel Celeron N4500 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Processor comparisons   17-07-2021
   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the detailed tests Intel Celeron N4500 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, RealBench, Handbrake, Prime95, AIDA64, MATLAB, PCMark 10, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 7zip, Blender, SuperPi, WPrime, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, 3DMark, UserBenchmark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Apex Legends
Last Man Standing
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Red Dead Redemption 2
Overwatch
DOOM: Eternal
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Rainbow Six Siege
Valorant
Halo Infinite
Watch Dogs Legion
Grand Theft Auto V
Cyberpunk 2077
Death Stranding
Borderlands 3
Valheim
Fallout 76
Fortnite

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver J5040 or Intel Celeron N4500.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Celeron N4500

50%

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver J5040 is 1% better than Celeron N4500. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Celeron N4500

50%

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Battlefield V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), DOTA 2A, Hitman 3, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Metro Exodus, Control, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), Ghostrunner, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Monster Hunter World, Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.2	89.9
Valorant	101.4	102.2
Cyberpunk 2077	56.8	57.2
Apex Legends	95.3	96.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.0	76.6
Overwatch	82.1	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	69.9	70.5
DOOM Eternal	50.7	51.1
Warzone	79.1	79.7
Assassin's Creed	85.2	85.8
Valheim	84.1	84.8

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Celeron N4500

337%

Pentium Silver J5040

197%

To make a final resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Celeron N4500 is more energy efficient than the Pentium Silver J5040 as it consumes less power: 6W vs. 10W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Celeron N4500	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Cinbench 15 Single-core	71	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	189	320
Cinbench 20 Single-core	153	199
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	459	737
Cinbench 23 Single-core	333	632
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1222	2340

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Celeron N4500	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Single-Core	1002	1430
Multi-Core	2472	3783

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Celeron N4500	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Single-Core	608	591
Multi-Core	1184	1891

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Celeron N4500	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Announcement date	January 11, 2021	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCBGA1090
Core name	Jasper Lake	Gemini Lake Refresh
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	11	3
Turbo Frequency	2.4 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	10 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	16 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Silver J5040 is 44% better than Celeron N4500 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Celeron N4500 is better: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is better: 22
Although it should be realized that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Celeron N4500 and Intel Pentium Silver J5040 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Celeron N4500 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Celeron N4500 specs and review.

Intel Pentium Silver J5040 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Silver J5040 specs and review.