Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Processor comparisons 28-06-2021

   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and decide which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, streaming, video editing, rendering, programming. Here is all information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like Handbrake, UserBenchmark, AIDA64, PCMark 10, WPrime, Blender, VeraCrypt, Prime95, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, Gears 5, MATLAB, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, 3DMark, Furmark, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. 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 little game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Hitman 3, League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	90.1
Valorant	102.2	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.3
Apex Legends	96.1	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.8
Overwatch	82.8	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.2
Warzone	79.7	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.8	86.0
Valheim	84.8	84.9

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, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, 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

Pentium Silver J5040

197%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

92%

To make a final decision 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 Pentium Silver J5040 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE since it has less power consumption: 10W vs. 35W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages 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 Silver PRO 3125GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	96	86
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	320	452
Cinbench 20 Single-core	199	216
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	737	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	632	556
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2340	2676

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

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	1430	2087
Multi-Core	3783	4715

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

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	591	966
Multi-Core	1891	2021

Comparison of specifications

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

	Intel Pentium Silver J5040	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	July 21, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM4
Core name	Gemini Lake Refresh	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	3	1
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	1200 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	10 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s	DDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YD3125C6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is 41% better than Pentium Silver J5040 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver J5040 has 2 more core than Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. 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: 6
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 28
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE before making a selection 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 Silver PRO 3125GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE specs and review.