Ryzen 5 3550H vs Atom Z3740

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1232
Place by popularity	not in top-100	80
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	13.22
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-T (2013−2014)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	27 September 2013 (11 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.33 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	UTFCBGA1380	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z3740 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 September 2013	6 January 2019
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	35 Watt

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