Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron J4125 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Pentium Silver J5040

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron J4125 or Intel Pentium Silver J5040 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Celeron J4125 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J4125 was released in Q4/2019.

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11) CPU group Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4)
9 Generation 9
Gemini Lake Architecture Gemini Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron J4125 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J4125 is 2.00 GHz (2.70 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is at 2.00 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Intel Celeron J4125 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Celeron J4125 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver J5040
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron J4125 or Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 600 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
0.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9.5
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 18
96 Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 600 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron J4125 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Celeron J4125 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver J5040
DDR4-2400 Memory , DDR4-2400
8 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
6 PCIe lanes 6
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron J4125 is 10 W, while the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron J4125 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver J5040
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron J4125 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron J4125 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver J5040
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1090 Socket BGA 1090
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2019 Release date Q4/2019
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Celeron J4125 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Pentium Silver J5040 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
444 (86%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
517 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1541 (94%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1640 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
482 (89%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
542 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1632 (92%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1773 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
411 (94%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
435 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1276 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1244 (97%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
192 (97%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
197 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
675 (92%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
730 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.75 GHz
144 (63%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.80 GHz
230 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2978 (86%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3460 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
79 (83%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
95 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
296 (93%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
317 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
14 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
807 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Mini PC Intel Celeron J4125
Synology DS720+ 2Bay NAS
QNAP NAS Intel Celeron J4125
Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron N5105
2. Intel Celeron J3455Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J3455 vs Intel Celeron J4125
3. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron N5095 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron N5095
4. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron N4100 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron N4100
5. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron J4105 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron J4105
6. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron J1900
7. Intel Celeron J4025Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4025 vs Intel Celeron J4125
8. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron N5100
9. Intel Celeron J4125AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B Intel Celeron J4125 vs AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
10. Intel Celeron N4120Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron N4120 vs Intel Celeron J4125


back to index