Phenom II X4 P940 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1389not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 54x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency26.01no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache384 KB512 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFP5S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
VirusProtect-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 4 October 2010
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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