Product Compare

Intel Core i3 12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

	CPU Intel Core i3 12100	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Dec 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number	i3-12100
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 730	Radeon 740M
Generation		Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	FP7
Power Consumption	60 W	15-30 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	89 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		20.9 billions
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		137 mm²
Package		FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	2
Performance Core Threads	8	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.3 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	4	6
Total Thread Count	8	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	32x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.7 GHz
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size	128 GB	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1400 MHz	2800 MHz
Shader Units	192	256
Texture Units	48	16
Raster Operation Units	24	8
Execution Units	24	4
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution	3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	14
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1662	1789
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	7985	10405
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2214	2445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	7431	9182
Passmark CPU Single Core	3433	3759
Passmark CPU Multi Core	13580	18276