Ryzen 7 4800U vs Pentium G640

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2455	673
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.45	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date	3 June 2012 (12 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$71 (0.4x MSRP)	$556

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U 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 G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 4800U.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 4800U outperforms Pentium G640 by 1127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.88	10.80
Recency	3 June 2012	6 January 2020
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

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