Ryzen 5 7520U vs Pentium A1020

Primary details

Comparing Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2615	1116
Place by popularity	not in top-100	27
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	7.45	36.50
Architecture codename	no data	Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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	2.41 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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
Socket	FCBGA1170	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U. 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
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR5
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon 610M
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1020 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.79	5.81
Recency	1 January 2016	20 September 2022
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

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