Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS vs Atom Z500

Place in the ranking	3283	386
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	23.30	56.68
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Hawk Point (2024)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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	1 (Single-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	1	16
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	24.18 mm²	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	25,000 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA441	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.16	16.77
Recency	2 April 2008	16 April 2024
Physical cores	1	8
Threads	1	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm

Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a 10381.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.