Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U vs Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1391
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data26.44
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date1 January 2011 (13 years ago)26 October 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache256 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FP5
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplierXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2011 26 October 2017
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

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