Intel Core i5 8259U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (28W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX Advantages
Released 7 years late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Apr 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Dragon Range
i5-8259U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
AMD Socket FL1
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
-
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
-
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
55 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
2x71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
4
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
24.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
32 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
384
Shader Units
-
48
Texture Units
-
6
Raster Operation Units
-
48
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
