AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Apple M3 (8C10G) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 12 Threads(4P+8E) 3.2GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 4.05GHz
TDP 28W	TDP 30W
Bandwidth 120GB/s LPDDR5X·DDR5	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz	iGPU 10-Core M3
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.42 TFLOPSFP16
Socket FP7	Socket -

Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	8 Cores 4P 4E
12 Threads 4P 8E	8 Threads 4P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.2GHz	Base Clock 4.05GHz
Boost Clock 4.9GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 1MB P - -	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
L3 16MB	L3 -
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X·DDR5	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 256GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s UC·Spec·OC 120GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s UC·Spec·OC 102.4GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 28W	TDP 30W
cTDP-down 15W	cTDP-down -
cTDP-up 30W	cTDP-up -
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type PCIe	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 16GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 8GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x14 27.6GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz	iGPU 10-Core M3
Shaders 256	Shaders 1280
Boost Clock 2.8GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.42 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.36GHz
Performance -	Performance 18 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Zen 4	Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A
Family Ryzen 8000	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Hawk Point Hawk Point SVariant Zen 4P-Core Zen 4cE-Core	Codename Ibiza M3Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Dec 6, 2023	Release Date Oct 30, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N4	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 137mm²	Die Size 153mm²
Transistor Count 20.9 Billion	Transistor Count 25 Billion
Transistor Density 153 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²

Images

Used In

Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M3, Late 2023)
All-in-Ones -	All-in-Ones iMac 24(M3, Four Ports, Late 2023)

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