Ryzen 5 7520U vs Athlon 64 LE-1600

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1130
Place by popularitynot in top-10028
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data36.51
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release dateOctober 2007 (17 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm6 nm
Die size230 mm2100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors227 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 configuration11
SocketAM2FP6
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 90 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 7520U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Ryzen 5 7520U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 LE-1600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 7520U is a notebook one.


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