Intel Core i5 8265U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8265U with 4 cores 1.6GHz 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 8265U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8265U
825
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+119%
1809
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8265U
2621
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+1029%
29610
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8265U
1230
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+120%
2709
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8265U
3524
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
+334%
15308
General Parameters
Aug 2018
Release Date
Apr 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Whiskey Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
i5-8265U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
FL1
UHD Graphics 620
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
100 °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
4
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
1.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.3 GHz
4
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
16x
Multiplier
24
32 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
64 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
1100 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
192
Shader Units
128
24
Texture Units
8
3
Raster Operation Units
4
24
Execution Units
2
15 W
Power Consumption
15
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.38 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.6 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
