Intel Core i5 8257U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i5-8257U
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 645
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
FL1
Power Consumption
15 W
55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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13.14 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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75 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
I/O Die Size
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122 mm²
Package
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µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
8
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Multiplier
14x
24
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
384
128
Texture Units
48
8
Raster Operation Units
6
4
Execution Units
48
2
Power Consumption
15 W
15
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
996
1,809
Cinebench R23
4,031
29,610
Geekbench 6
1,210
2,709
Geekbench 5
916
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Geekbench 6
3,922
15,308
Geekbench 5
3,820
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Cinebench 2024
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112
Cinebench 2024
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1,630
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.