AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs Intel Core i7 12650H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7540U, vs Intel Core i7 12650H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U and Intel Core i7 12650H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
1789
Intel Core i7 12650H
1779
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
9892
Intel Core i7 12650H
14230
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
3567
Intel Core i7 12650H
3556
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
18600
Intel Core i7 12650H
22221
Integer Math60.3 GOps/s74.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.2 GOps/s55.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search66 M primes/s92 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.6 M strings/s26.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.6 GB/s14.2 GB/s
Data Compression211.1 MB/s253.3 MB/s
Physics978 frames/s1444 frames/s
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/s156 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
2405
Intel Core i7 12650H
2293
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
8822
Intel Core i7 12650H
10434
File Compression988.4 MB/s786 MB/s
Clang Compilation63.6 KLines/s76 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser172.2 pages/s237.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.5 MP/sec302.7 MP/sec
Text Processing239.6 pages/s234.7 pages/s
Background Blur42.6 frames/s47.2 frames/s
Photo Processing72.2 frames/s88.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.3 MP/sec17.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
142.27
Intel Core i7 12650H
158.32

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 294.1 PPW 231.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 620 PPW 493.8 PPW
Blender / W 4.74 PPW 3.52 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced May, 23, 2023 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i7-12650H
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M UHD Graphics (64EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a1.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.5 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier32x23x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 35-45 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 115 W
Socket FP7 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 14 28

Results

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