Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U vs Athlon Neo MV-40

Place in the ranking	3274	685
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon Neo	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	1.07	72.56
Architecture codename	Huron (2009)	Phoenix (Zen4) (2023)
Release date	6 January 2009 (15 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Neo MV-40 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	1	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus rate	1600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	6 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Neo MV-40 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	ASB1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon Neo MV-40 0.17

Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U 11.50
+6665%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon Neo MV-40 275

Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U 18265
+6542%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.17	11.50
Recency	6 January 2009	23 May 2023
Physical cores	1	6
Threads	1	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm

Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U has a 6664.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Neo MV-40 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Neo MV-40 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.