Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U vs Mobile Pentium 4 538

Primary details

Comparing Mobile Pentium 4 538 and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated678
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesMobile Pentium 4AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiencyno data72.37
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Phoenix (Zen4) (2023)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Mobile Pentium 4 538 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data6 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography90 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Pentium 4 538 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.

Power consumption (TDP)88 Watt15 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 88 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 2150% more advanced lithography process, and 486.7% lower power consumption.

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