Intel Core i7 8559U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 8559U with 4 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 8559U
1416
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
+60%
2267
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 8559U
4869
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
+112%
10369
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Dec 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Kaby Lake-R
Core Architecture
Hawk Point
Intel BGA 1356
Socket
FP8
Iris Pro Plus
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 760M
Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
28 W
72 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
123 mm²
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
12
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
27.0
Multiplier
35x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 KB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
32 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 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
1200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2600 MHz
-
Shader Units
384
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
16
-
Execution Units
6
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
4.06 TFLOPS
