Intel Pentium J2900 vs Intel Core i3-4130

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium J2900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Core i3-4130

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J2900 or Intel Core i3-4130 - 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 Pentium J2900 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.67 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J2900 was released in Q4/2013.

The Intel Core i3-4130 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4130 was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6) CPU group Intel Core i 4000 (64)
6 Generation 4
Bay Trail Architecture Haswell S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J2900 is 2.41 GHz (2.67 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-4130 has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-4130 is at 3.40 GHz.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4130
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.41 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
2.67 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.67 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4130
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium J2900 or Intel Core i3-4130 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 HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.69 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
7 GPU Generation 7.5
22 nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 20
32 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 11.1

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 HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium J2900 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-4130 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4130
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR3-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 16
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium J2900 is 10 W, while the Intel Core i3-4130 has a TDP of 54 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4130
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 54 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J2900 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-4130 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Core i3-4130
22 nm Technology 22 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, AVX2
BGA 1170 Socket LGA 1150
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2013 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price 117 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
240 (30%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
812 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
765 (43%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1782 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
195 (19%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1046 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
576 (27%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2101 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57 (16%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz
368 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
1240 (37%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3314 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
44 (32%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
136 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
161 (46%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
349 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1017.8 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
313 (100%)

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
921 (100%)

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