Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Atom Z515

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	595
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	8 April 2009 (15 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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	2	12
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	6 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	47 million	25,000 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA441	FP7/FP7r2/FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	1.4 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z515 and Ryzen 5 8640HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2009	6 December 2023
Physical cores	1	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	1 Watt	28 Watt

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