Intel Core i5 8259U vs AMD Ryzen 5 230
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 230 with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U Advantages
Lower TDP (28W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 230 Advantages
Released 6 years and 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
899
AMD Ryzen 5 230
+92%
1728
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
3564
AMD Ryzen 5 230
+197%
10612
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
1220
AMD Ryzen 5 230
+97%
2413
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
4337
AMD Ryzen 5 230
+109%
9082
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
i5-8259U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
FP8
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 760M
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
35
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
32 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2600 MHz
384
Shader Units
512
48
Texture Units
32
6
Raster Operation Units
16
48
Execution Units
8
15 W
Power Consumption
15
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
2.7 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
16 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
20
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
