Pentium Silver A1030 vs Ryzen 5 7520U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1130not rated
Place by popularity28not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiency36.53no data
Architecture codenameMendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)no data
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)1 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
Die size100 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 deg C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5upto-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)no data
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data700 GHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7520U and Pentium Silver A1030.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes46
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2022 1 July 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 6 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 5 7520U has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

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