Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12 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 Ultra 5 235U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 7500)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
1805
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
1789
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+8%
11331
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
10405
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+4%
2566
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
2445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+11%
10282
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
9182
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Dec 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Arrow Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
235U
Processor Number
-
FCBGA-2049
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
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
4
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 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
3.7 GHz
12
Total Core Count
6
14
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
20
Multiplier
32x
112 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
2 MB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
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 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
2050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
4
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Graphics Performance
1.43 TFLOPS
