Ryzen 3 8440U vs Atom Z530

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	929
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	27.24
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$95	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 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	0.75 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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)	2 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U. 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 Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U. 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

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AMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z530 and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

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	2 April 2008	6 December 2023
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	28 Watt

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