Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD Athlon PRO 200U

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice after reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD Athlon PRO 200U and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, machine learning, video editing, programming, streaming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Blender, AIDA64, MATLAB, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, PCMark 10, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, VeraCrypt, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Gears 5, RealBench, SuperPi, Handbrake, Furmark, Prime95, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PassMark, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 200U or Intel Pentium Silver J5040.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	89.8
Valorant	102.2	102.0
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.1
Apex Legends	96.1	95.9
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.5
Overwatch	82.8	82.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	70.4
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.0
Warzone	79.7	79.6
Assassin's Creed	85.8	85.7
Valheim	84.8	84.7

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 computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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

Pentium Silver J5040

197%

Athlon PRO 200U

185%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver J5040 is more energy efficient than the Athlon PRO 200U as it consumes less power: 10W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor turns on 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 check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon PRO 200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	96	131
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	320	366
Cinbench 20 Single-core	199	308
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	737	772
Cinbench 23 Single-core	632	489
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2340	2355

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

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon PRO 200U
Single-Core	1430	1748
Multi-Core	3783	4150

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

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon PRO 200U
Single-Core	591	835
Multi-Core	1891	1728

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon PRO 200U
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1090	FP5
Core name	Gemini Lake Refresh	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	3	1
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1200 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	10 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM200UC4T2OFB

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon PRO 200U is 13% better than Pentium Silver J5040 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver J5040 has 2 more core than Athlon PRO 200U. 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 Pentium Silver J5040 is better: 18
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 200U is better: 14
However, it should be realized that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and AMD Athlon PRO 200U before making a decision which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

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.

AMD Athlon PRO 200U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 200U specs and review.