Ryzen 3 7440U vs Athlon 900

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiencyno data27.65
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Phoenix-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date6 March 2000 (24 years ago)3 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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 data3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.9 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm4 nm
Die size102 mm2137 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million20,900 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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
SocketAFP7
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2000 3 May 2023
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 180 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 3 7440U has an age advantage of 23 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 4400% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 900 and Ryzen 3 7440U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 900 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 7440U is a notebook one.


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