AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs Intel Core i3-8100

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 7540U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-8100
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Intel Core i3-8100

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U or Intel Core i3-8100 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U was released in Q3/2023.

The Intel Core i3-8100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8100 was released in Q4/2017.
AMD Ryzen 5 (86) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group Intel Core i 8000 (20)
6 Generation 8
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Coffee Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i3-7100
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Successor Intel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz). The Intel Core i3-8100 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic Intel Core i3-8100
6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
4.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic Intel Core i3-8100
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon 740M GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
2.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
10 GPU Generation 9.5
4 nm Technology 14 nm
4 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 24
256 Shader 192
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon 740M GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8100 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic Intel Core i3-8100
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR4-2400
256 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 16
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i3-8100 is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic Intel Core i3-8100
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has a 22.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-8100 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic Intel Core i3-8100
4 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP8 Socket LGA 1151-2
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2017
-- Release price 117 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 (55%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 (46%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1700 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
971 (57%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
6915 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3134 (45%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
2402 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1265 (53%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3627 (46%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.50 GHz
1280 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (33%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
912 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3618 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
364 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1444 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6179 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
422 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1579 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
154 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
616 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Intel Core i3-8100
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