Intel Core i5 5200U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 5200U with 2 cores 2.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 5200U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 1600)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 2.0)
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 5200U
622
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+190%
1809
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 5200U
1176
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+2417%
29610
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 5200U
787
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+244%
2709
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 5200U
1356
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+1028%
15308
General Parameters
Jan 2015
Release Date
Apr 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Broadwell
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
i5-5200U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1168
Socket
FL1
HD Graphics 5500
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
-
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
-
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
15 W
Power Consumption
55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
2x71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
2.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.3 GHz
2
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
22x
Multiplier
24
-
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
3 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR3L-1600, LPDDR3-1600
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
16 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
25.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
900 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
-
Shader Units
128
-
Texture Units
8
-
Raster Operation Units
4
-
Execution Units
2
-
Power Consumption
15
-
Graphics Performance
0.6 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
2.0
PCIe Version
5.0
12
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
