Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Pentium Gold G7400E

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)768 KB
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)12 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)64 MB
Chip lithography10 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data9900 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 configuration1no data
Socket1700FL1
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5 Dual-channelDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 710AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX.

PCIe version5.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 17 January 2024
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400E has 19.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7840HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G7400E and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G7400E is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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