Opteron X3418 vs Ryzen 5 7520U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 7520U outperforms Opteron X3418 by a whopping 197% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1375 | 2236 |
| Place by popularity | 24 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Series | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 36.74 | 12.37 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022) | Excavator (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (3 years ago) | 10 June 2017 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 100 mm2 | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 82 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,100 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418 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 | FT6 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | Radeon Rx Series 6CU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Opteron X3418.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.14 | 1.73 |
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 10 June 2017 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 28 nm |
Ryzen 5 7520U has a 197.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron X3418 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 7520U is a notebook processor while Opteron X3418 is a server/workstation one.
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