Ryzen 5 8540U vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 8540U outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 14743% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3680 | 860 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium 4 | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 39.84 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023−2025) |
| Release date | no data | 6 December 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 137 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 20,900 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 KB | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 8540U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 8540U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 14 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.07 | 10.39 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen 5 8540U has a 14742.9% higher aggregate performance score, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 3150% more advanced lithography process, and 1728.6% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz in performance tests.
Note that Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 8540U is a notebook one.
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