Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs Athlon X2 QL-64

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated691
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiencyno data37.68
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketS1FP7
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 X2 QL-64 622
Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 17708
+2747%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 16 April 2024
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U has an age advantage of 15 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-64 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-64 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U is a server/workstation one.


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