Ryzen 5 150 vs Z-60
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3602 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 1.27 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Hondo (2012) | Rembrandt-R (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 9 October 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 October 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1 GHz | 4.55 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 75 mm2 | 210 mm2 |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150 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 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 Single-channel | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6250 (276 MHz) | AMD Radeon 660M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Z-60 and Ryzen 5 150.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 0.22 | 7.70 |
| Recency | 9 October 2012 | 1 October 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Z-60 has 600% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 150, on the other hand, has 3400% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 567% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between AMD Z-60 and AMD Ryzen 5 150. We've got no test results to judge.
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