Ryzen 5 4600H vs Athlon X4 940

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated838
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data19.11
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache128 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)3 MB
L3 cache0 KB8 MB
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Die size246 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600H has an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 940 and Ryzen 5 4600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 940 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook one.


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