Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Pentium E2180

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E2180
2007
65 Watt
0.43
Ryzen 9 7940HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
19.14
+4351%

Ryzen 9 7940HS outperforms Pentium E2180 by a whopping 4351% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2957301
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency0.6351.75
Architecture codenameno dataPhoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 coresno data8 (Octa-Core)
Threadsno data16
Base clock speed2 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data5.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA775FP8
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
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 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Pentium E2180 0.43
Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.14
+4351%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium E2180 683
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30396
+4350%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium E2180 214
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2461
+1050%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium E2180 346
Ryzen 9 7940HS 11567
+3243%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.43 19.14
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940HS has a 4351.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E2180 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E2180 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E2180 and Ryzen 9 7940HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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