AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core 5 120F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Dec 2023
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
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Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
No
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
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Processor Number
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120F
Package
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
10 nm
Socket
FP7
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
15-30 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
137 mm²
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Package
FP7, FP7r2
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
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Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
25
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
DDR5-4800,DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
256 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
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Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
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Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
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Raster Operation Units
8
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Execution Units
4
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
14
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,789
1,707
Cinebench R23
10,405
12,236
Geekbench 6
2,445
2,305
Geekbench 6
9,182
9,773
Passmark CPU
3,759
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Passmark CPU
18,276
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.