CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

CORE STATE Dragon Range

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,584

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

647

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,104

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,696

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

45,488

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,421

1,143

passmark_data_compression

738,673

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

44,430

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

54,674

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

272

36

passmark_floating_point_math

125,981

22,489

passmark_integer_math

205,945

26,551

passmark_multithread

54,675

9,532

passmark_physics

2,115

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

85,869

16,294

passmark_single_thread

4,033

2,441

passmark_singlethread

4,033

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 8940HX

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

16

6 -62.5%

Threads

32

6 -81.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3 +25.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

4.1 -22.6%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3 +25.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

4.1 -22.6%

Multiplier

24

30 +25.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

65 +18.2%

Configurable TDP

45-75 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Coffee Lake

Codename

Dragon Range

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

5 nm

14 nm

Transistors

13,140 million

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Die Size

2x 71 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Intel Socket 1151

PCIe

Gen 5, 28 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Mobile

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

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$192

Part Number

100-000001849

SR3XE

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

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E97379-001

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