Intel Core Ultra 7 255U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2025
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
255U
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Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Radeon 740M
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
FCBGA-2049
FP7
Power Consumption
12-15 W
15-30 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
57 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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20.9 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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137 mm²
Package
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FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
2
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
4
Efficiency Core Threads
10
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
12
6
Total Thread Count
14
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
32x
L1 Cache
112 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Bandwidth
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89.6 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2100 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Shader Units
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256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
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8
Execution Units
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4
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
14
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,803
1,789
Cinebench R23
11,888
10,405
Geekbench 6
2,582
2,445
Geekbench 6
10,941
9,182
Cinebench 2024
101
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Cinebench 2024
588
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Passmark CPU
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3,759
Passmark CPU
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18,276
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.