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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Processor N250
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
Intel Processor N250
44 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Processor N250
30 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
100 %
AMD Radeon 740M
Intel Processor N250
50 %
Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Intel Processor N (9) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 8040 (22) | Intel Processor N150/N250 (2) |
| Architecture | Hawk Point (Zen 4) | Twin Lake |
| Technology | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP8 | BGA 1264 |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 7540U | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Zen 4 | 4x Gracemont |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 6.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 740M | Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 - 2.50 GHz | 0.00 - 1.25 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 256 | 32 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2023 | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | 3.0 x 9 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s | 8.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 6 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U | Intel Processor N250 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q1/2024 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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