AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core i5 13420H
Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 8540U, vs Intel Core i5 13420H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 58.2 GOps/s | 58.5 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 35.1 GOps/s | 43.1 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 70 M primes/s | 52 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 24.3 M strings/s | 22.3 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 12.3 GB/s | 11.7 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 209.2 MB/s | 212.8 MB/s |
| Physics | 1036 frames/s | 1022 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 149 M matrices/s | 131 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1010 MB/s | 810.8 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 62.7 KLines/s | 61 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 179.9 pages/s | 213.2 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 226.9 MP/sec | 242 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 247.2 pages/s | 222.9 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 42.7 frames/s | 45.1 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 74.8 frames/s | 87.9 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 13.7 MP/sec | 14.8 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 305.8 PPW | 203.2 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 613 PPW | 392.8 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | n/a | 10.6 PPW |
| Blender / W | 4.12 PPW | 2.67 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Announced | December, 6, 2023 | January, 3, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) | Raptor Lake |
| Model number | n/a | i5-13420H |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 740M | UHD Graphics (48EU) |
Processor
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 3 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 3.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 21x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 80 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB total | 12 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistor count | 20.9 billion | n/a |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 10 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 15-30 W | 35-45 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | n/a | 95 W |
| Socket | FP7 | BGA-1744 |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
- DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR5x-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max Size | 256 GB | 96 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 14 | 28 |
Results
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