Intel Core i9 9940X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i9-9940X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 740M
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP7
Power Consumption
165 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
88 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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20.9 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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137 mm²
Package
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FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
14
2
Performance Core Threads
28
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
14
6
Total Thread Count
28
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
32x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
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4
Efficiency Core Threads
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8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.7 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
14
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2800 MHz
Shader Units
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256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
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4
Power Consumption
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15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,228
1,789
Cinebench R23
15,351
10,405
Geekbench 6
1,328
2,445
Geekbench 5
1,189
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Geekbench 6
9,787
9,182
Geekbench 5
14,374
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Passmark CPU
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3,759
Passmark CPU
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18,276
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.