Intel Core i5 8259U vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2GHz)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 Advantages
Released 6 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (128GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
1220
AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340
+123%
2726
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
4337
AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340
+125%
9773
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Krackan Point
i5-8259U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
AMD Socket FP8
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 840M
-
Generation
Ryzen AI (Zen 5)
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
28 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
3
8
Performance Core Threads
6
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
3
-
Efficiency Core Threads
6
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2000 MHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
20.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5, LPDDR5X-5600
32 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
128 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
384
Shader Units
-
48
Texture Units
-
6
Raster Operation Units
-
48
Execution Units
4
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
