AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs Intel Processor N250
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U with 6 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Processor N250 with 4 cores 0.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U Advantages
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 0.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Intel Processor N250 Advantages
Released 9 months late
Lower TDP (6W vs 30W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
+131%
2359
Intel Processor N250
1017
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
+307%
8271
Intel Processor N250
2031
General Parameters
Apr 2024
Release Date
Jan 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Hawk Point 2
Core Architecture
Twin Lake
-
Processor Number
N250
AMD Socket FP7
Socket
Intel BGA 1264
Radeon 740M
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 730
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Generation
Intel Processor (Alder Lake-N)
Package
20.9 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
15-30 W
Power Consumption
6 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
137 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
-
4
Performance Core Threads
-
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
0.1 GHz
4.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
8
Efficiency Core Threads
4
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
37
Multiplier
1.0
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
6 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB shared
16 MB
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5, LPDDR5-4800
256
Max Memory Size
16 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1250 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
4
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
-
Graphics Performance
0.74 TFLOPS
