AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core i5-8279U

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Intel Core i5-8279U
8 Cores
16 Threads
4GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
Socket
FP8
Socket
BGA 1528
iGPU
Radeon 780M 2700MHz
4.15 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Iris Plus 655 1150MHz
880 GFLOPS FP32
CB23S 1,805
69%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M 17,080
40%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen 4
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen 8000
Family
Core 8th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Hawk Point
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Codename
Coffee Lake-U
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Coffee Lake-4C-GT3
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
12/6/2023
Release Date
4/5/2018
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (PCH Die)
Intel (eDRAM Die)
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Node
N4
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Node
14nm++
14nm (PCH Die)
14nm (eDRAM Die)
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Die Size
178 mm²
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Die Size
148 mm²
37 mm² (PCH Die)
63 mm² (eDRAM Die)
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Transistor Count
25 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
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8 Cores
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4 Cores
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16 Threads
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8 Threads
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4GHz
5.2GHz Boost
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2.4GHz
4.1GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
8GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
16GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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16MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L3
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6MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L4
128MB Shared
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Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
256GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3750MHz
Transfer Rate
7500MT/s
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
60.0GB/s
Bandwidth
120.0GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
TDP
45W
35W cTDP Down
54W cTDP Up
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TDP
28W
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Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
Radeon 780M 2700MHz
768 Shaders
2700MHz
4.15 TFLOPS FP32
Iris Plus 655 1150MHz
384 Shaders
1150MHz
880 GFLOPS FP32
XDNA
No NPU
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16 TOPS INT4
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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