Pentium D 940 vs Ryzen 5 7530U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 731 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 73 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo-U Refresh (2022−2023) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 5 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 5 January 2006 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 2 MB (per die) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.2V-1.3375V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940 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 | FP6 | LGA775,PLGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940 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 Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940 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 Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2023 | 5 January 2006 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
Ryzen 5 7530U has an age advantage of 17 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 7530U is a notebook processor while Pentium D 940 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 7530U and Pentium D 940, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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