Ryzen 5 8540U vs Pentium 4 630

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated658
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesPentium 4no data
Power efficiencyno data39.68
Architecture codenamePrescott 2MHawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 630 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 630 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 configurationno data1
SocketPLGA775FP7
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, 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
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 8540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 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 Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 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.

Pentium 4 630 272
Ryzen 5 8540U 18641
+6753%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 8540U has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 2150% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 630 and Ryzen 5 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 630 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 8540U is a notebook one.


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