Ryzen 7 5700U vs Pentium G640

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2563	770
Place by popularity	not in top-100	10
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	1.24	62.90
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	3 June 2012 (12 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	18
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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	FCLGA1155	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, 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	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1900 MHz)
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G640 and Ryzen 7 5700U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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	0.85	9.97
Integrated graphics card	0.77	9.04
Recency	3 June 2012	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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