Intel Pentium J6426 vs AMD Ryzen 3 5125C

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Intel Pentium J6426 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
Intel Pentium J6426 AMD Ryzen 3 5125C

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J6426 or AMD Ryzen 3 5125C - 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 J6426 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 was released in Q1/2021.

The AMD Ryzen 3 5125C has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5125C was released in Q3/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000C (4)
11 Generation 4
Elkhart Lake Architecture Barcelo (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J6426 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 3 5125C has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.00 GHz).

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 1.20 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation 8
10 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
32 Compute units 3
256 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 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 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
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
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium J6426 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5125C can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.50 MB L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 20
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium J6426 has a TDP of 10 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 3 5125C is 15 W.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J6426 has a 1.50 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 3 5125C cache has a total of 9.00 MB.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1493 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2022
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (67%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (76%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (79%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
839 (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 J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1880 (92%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2036 (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 J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
525 (54%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
964 (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 J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1245 (60%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2064 (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 J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (99%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz
461 (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 J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
4150 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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