Intel Core i7 12800HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 12800HX with 16 cores 2.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 12800HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-7500 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 12800HX

1791

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +1%

1814

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 12800HX +91%

20113

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

10508

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 12800HX

2380

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

2390

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 12800HX +63%

13378

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

8172

Intel Core i7 12800HX

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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General Parameters

May 2022

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake-HX

Core Architecture

Hawk Point

i7-12800HX

Processor Number

-

BGA-1744

Socket

FP7

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

-

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

BGA-1744

Socket

FP7

45-55 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FP7, FP7r2

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

2.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

16

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20x

Multiplier

32x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

256

Shader Units

256

16

Texture Units

16

8

Raster Operation Units

8

32

Execution Units

4

45 W

Power Consumption

15 W

0.74 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 12800HX

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

14

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