Ryzen 5 7640U vs Atom Z550

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated554
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data84.15
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Phoenix-U (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date8 April 2009 (15 years ago)3 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size24.18 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors47 million25,000 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441FP8
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen 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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U 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 Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U 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 Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Atom Z550 381
Ryzen 5 7640U 21177
+5458%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 April 2009 3 May 2023
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 15 Watt

Atom Z550 has 650% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 7640U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z550 and Ryzen 5 7640U. We've got no test results to judge.


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