Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12 cores 2.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U 's Advantages
Released 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 7500)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+8%
2566
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
2359
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+24%
10282
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
8271
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Apr 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Arrow Lake
Core Architecture
Hawk Point 2
235U
Processor Number
-
FCBGA-2049
Socket
AMD Socket FP7
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
-
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
12-15 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
57 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
110 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
4
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
10
Efficiency Cores
4
10
Efficiency Core Threads
8
1.6 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
4.1 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
12
Total Core Count
6
14
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
20
Multiplier
37
112 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
2 MB per core
L2 Cache
6 MB
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500
128 GB
Max Memory Size
256
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
2050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Execution Units
4
