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

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and Intel Core i5 13420H
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 8540U
1801
Intel Core i5 13420H
1660
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
10492
Intel Core i5 13420H
11553
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
n/a
Intel Core i5 13420H
96
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
n/a
Intel Core i5 13420H
476
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
3665
Intel Core i5 13420H
3409
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
18391
Intel Core i5 13420H
17677
Integer Math58.2 GOps/s58.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math35.1 GOps/s43.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search70 M primes/s52 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.3 M strings/s22.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.3 GB/s11.7 GB/s
Data Compression209.2 MB/s212.8 MB/s
Physics1036 frames/s1022 frames/s
Extended Instructions149 M matrices/s131 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
2447
Intel Core i5 13420H
2186
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
9174
Intel Core i5 13420H
9145
File Compression1010 MB/s810.8 MB/s
Clang Compilation62.7 KLines/s61 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser179.9 pages/s213.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering226.9 MP/sec242 MP/sec
Text Processing247.2 pages/s222.9 pages/s
Background Blur42.7 frames/s45.1 frames/s
Photo Processing74.8 frames/s87.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.7 MP/sec14.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
123.6
Intel Core i5 13420H
119.99

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
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

Performance cores
Cores 2 4
Threads 4 8
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores44
Threads84
Frequency3 GHz1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

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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