Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H with 16 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 7 255H 's Advantages
Released 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 7500)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (28W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+19%
2823
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
2359
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+89%
15662
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
255H
Processor Number
-
FCBGA-2049
Socket
AMD Socket FP7
Arc Graphics 140T
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
-
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
20-28 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
115 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
110 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
10
Efficiency Cores
4
10
Efficiency Core Threads
8
1.5 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
16
Total Core Count
6
16
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
24 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
2250 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Execution Units
4
