Ryzen Z2 Go vs Ryzen 5 7640U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 7640U outperforms Ryzen Z2 by an impressive 70% 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 | 735 | 1181 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) |
| Power efficiency | 84.56 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Phoenix-U (Zen 4) (2023) | Rembrandt R (2025) |
| Release date | 3 May 2023 (2 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 25,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go 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 | no data |
| Socket | FP8 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 2 MB + 8 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 760M ( - 2600 MHz) | AMD Radeon 680M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen Z2 Go.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no data |
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 | 11.83 | 6.96 |
| Integrated graphics card | 12.97 | 9.13 |
| Recency | 3 May 2023 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 2 Watt |
Ryzen 5 7640U has a 70% higher aggregate performance score, 42.1% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
Ryzen Z2 Go, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 650% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go in performance tests.
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