Ryzen 5 8540U vs Atom Z510P

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	660
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	39.98
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	6 December 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z510P and Ryzen 5 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	137 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	47 million	20,900 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.8V-1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z510P and Ryzen 5 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA437	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	2.2 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
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 Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z510P and Ryzen 5 8540U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 March 2009	6 December 2023
Physical cores	1	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	28 Watt

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