Pentium III 500E vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U and Pentium III 500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking447not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)no data
Power efficiency52.28no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (Zen 4) (2023)Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date3 May 2023 (1 year ago)25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$239

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U and Pentium III 500E 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads161
Base clock speed3.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz0.5 GHz
L1 cache512 KB32 KB
L2 cache8 MB256 KB
L3 cache16 MBno data
Chip lithography4 nm180 nm
Die size178 mm2106 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
Number of transistorsno data28 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U and Pentium III 500E 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 configurationno data2
Socketno data370
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt13 Watt

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 May 2023 25 October 1999
Physical cores 8 1
Threads 16 1
Chip lithography 4 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 13 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has an age advantage of 23 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 4400% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium III 500E, on the other hand, has 115.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U and Pentium III 500E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U is a notebook processor while Pentium III 500E is a desktop one.


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