Intel Pentium Silver J5005 vs MediaTek MT8121

Let's find out which one of MediaTek MT8121 and Intel Pentium Silver J5005 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  MediaTek MT8121 Intel Pentium Silver J5005
• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie Intel Pentium
• CPU group
  MediaTek MT81xx A7 Intel Pentium J5000/N5000
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 9

In this block we are going to compare MediaTek MT8121 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5005 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.30 GHz 1.50 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in MediaTek MT8121 and Intel Pentium Silver J5005 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX544 Intel UHD Graphics 605
• GPU frequency
  0.16 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.16 GHz 0.80 GHz
• Execution units
  2 18
• Shader
  4 144
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  9.5
• Technology
  45nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2010 Q4/2017

Let's compare the support of video codecs between MediaTek MT8121 and Intel Pentium Silver J5005. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between MediaTek MT8121 and Intel Pentium Silver J5005 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• Memory channels
  0 2
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for MediaTek MT8121 or Intel Pentium Silver J5005? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for MediaTek MT8121 and Intel Pentium Silver J5005 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1090
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A7 Gemini Lake
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q4/2017