Pentium B940 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1040	2712
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.01	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	29 June 2017 (6 years ago)	19 June 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134
Current price	$399	$131 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	192 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	-
Clear Video	-	-
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	-	1.1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	-	2
eDP	-	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	-	+
CRT	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Pentium B940.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outperforms Pentium B940 by 952% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.89	0.56
Recency	29 June 2017	19 June 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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