AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Dec 2023
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Haswell E
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
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Processor Number
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i7-5960X
Package
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
2.6 billions
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
22 nm
Socket
FP7
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
15-30 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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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
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
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
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
256 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
68 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
-
Execution Units
4
-
Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,789
1,057
Cinebench R23
10,405
9,850
Geekbench 6
2,445
1,244
Geekbench 6
9,182
6,669
Passmark CPU
3,759
1,963
Passmark CPU
18,276
12,655