Ryzen 5 8640U vs Pentium Silver A1030

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated565
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiencyno data44.61
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1090FP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesupto-2400DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency700 GHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Ryzen 5 8640U.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes620
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2020 6 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt

Pentium Silver A1030 has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8640U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

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