AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 12 Threads(4P+8E) 3.2GHz	12 Cores(2P+8M+2E) 14 Threads(4P+8M+2E) 1.3GHz
TDP 28W	TDP 15W
Bandwidth 120GB/s LPDDR5X·DDR5	Bandwidth 89.6GB/s DDR5
iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz	iGPU Graphics 4C 1850MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.79 TFLOPSFP16
Socket FP7	Socket LGA 1851

Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	12 Cores 2P 8M 2E
12 Threads 4P - 8E	14 Threads 4P 8M 2E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.2GHz	Base Clock 1.3GHz
Boost Clock 4.9GHz	Boost Clock 4.3GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P - -	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 64KB E
L1d 32KB P - -	L1d 48KB P 32KB M 32KB E
L2 1MB P - -	L2 2MB P 2MB M shared 2MB E shared
L3 16MB	L3 12MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X·DDR5	Type DDR5
Max Memory 256GB	Max Memory 96GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 5600MT/s
Bandwidth 120GB/s	Bandwidth 89.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s UC·Spec·OC 120GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate5600MT/s UC·Spec·OC 89.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 28W	TDP 15W
cTDP-down 15W	cTDP-down 12W
cTDP-up 30W	cTDP-up 28W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 57W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 105°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 x20 39.4GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon 740M 2800MHz	iGPU Graphics 4C 1850MHz
Shaders 256	Shaders 512
Boost Clock 2.8GHz	Boost Clock 1.85GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.87 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.79 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model AI Boost 3
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 2
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 1.4GHz
Performance -	Performance 11.5 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Intel
ISA x86-64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Zen 4	Architecture Meteor Lake
Family Ryzen 8000	Family Core Ultra Series 1
Branding	Branding
Codename Hawk Point Hawk Point SVariant Zen 4P-Core - Zen 4cE-Core	Codename Meteor Lake-U Meteor Lake-M-2PVariant Redwood CoveP-Core CrestmontM-Core CrestmontE-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Dec 6, 2023	Release Date Apr 8, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries TSMCiGPU TSMCIO TSMCSoC
Fabrication Node N4 - - -	Fabrication Node Intel 4 N5iGPU N6IO N6SoC
Die Size 137mm² - - -	Die Size 38mm² 23mm²iGPU 28mm²IO 100mm²SoC
Transistor Count 20.9 Billion	Transistor Count 5.5 Billion
Transistor Density 153 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 147 MTr/mm²

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