Intel Core i5 14500HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500HX with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8640HS and 14500HX
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500HX
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2319 vs 2127 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#125th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1140 MB/sec 928.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 53.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 314.6 pages/sec 169.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 401.6 Mpixels/sec 200 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.9 pages/sec 237.7 pages/sec
Background blur 55.3 images/sec 37.6 images/sec
Photo processing 117.1 images/sec 72.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.6 Mpixels/sec 11.2 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28524
Integer math 95.7 GOps/sec 67.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 69.5 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 130M Primes/sec 71M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 27.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 333.5 MBytes/sec 225.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1915 Frames/sec 1002 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 15.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 186 & 286 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.3 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228 PPW 262.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 518.6 PPW 661.4 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 14500HX
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-03-15 (Taangent)Cinebench 2024112 / 1118
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500HX and AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i5-14500HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon 760M
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX -
Intel CPU rating (#98th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#100th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 20-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (127th and 181st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 32 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
2.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14500HX official page AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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5 (33.3%)
10 (66.7%)
Total votes: 15

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS or Intel Core i5 14500HX?
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Riley March 25, 2024 at 01:34 AM
I would personally choose AMD for this one because of the performance that the iGPU delivers. At this point, a dedicated GPU wouldn't even be necessary.
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