Ryzen 5 7520U vs Pentium D 940

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 940 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1077
Place by popularity	not in top-100	13
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date	5 January 2006 (18 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 940 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 940 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	LGA775,PLGA775	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 940 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
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 940 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Pentium D 940 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 D 940 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 940 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

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	5 January 2006	20 September 2022
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

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