Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U vs Pentium U5600

Primary details

Comparing Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated441
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiencyno data52.57
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Phoenix (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)3 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.33 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier10no data
L1 cache64K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)8 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size81+114 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors384 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketIntel BGA1288no data
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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 U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon 780M
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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 U5600 624
Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 24726
+3863%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2011 3 May 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 28 Watt

Pentium U5600 has 55.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

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