Pentium G5500 vs Athlon X4 840

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1890	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	4x Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	3.04	no data
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	August 2014 (10 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500 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	4	no data
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	256K	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	6144 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	245 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	2,411 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500 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	Socket FM2+	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	65 watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 840 and Pentium G5500.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	51 Watt

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