Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs Atom N2850

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated694
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data38.46
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFP7
Power consumption (TDP)6,6 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)AMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2012 16 April 2024
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 28 Watt

Atom N2850 has 366.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N2850 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N2850 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U is a server/workstation one.


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