AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core i7 12700H
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i7 12700H with 14 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)
Intel Core i7 12700H 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
1789
Intel Core i7 12700H
1786
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
10405
Intel Core i7 12700H
+52%
15877
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+21%
2445
Intel Core i7 12700H
2011
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
9182
Intel Core i7 12700H
+22%
11276
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
124
Intel Core i7 12700H
+131%
287
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+3%
3759
Intel Core i7 12700H
3641
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
18276
Intel Core i7 12700H
+46%
26713
General Parameters
Dec 2023
Release Date
Jan 2022
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-H
-
Processor Number
i7-12700H
FP7
Socket
BGA-1744
Radeon 740M
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Generation
-
Package
20.9 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
15-30 W
Power Consumption
45 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
137 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
-
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
8
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
6
Total Core Count
14
12
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32x
Multiplier
23x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
256 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1400 MHz
256
Shader Units
768
16
Texture Units
48
8
Raster Operation Units
24
4
Execution Units
96
15 W
Power Consumption
15 W
1.43 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
2.150 TFLOPS
