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Intel Core i7 1355U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

49 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1355U
VS
53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Intel Core i7 1355U
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 1355U with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 8540U and 1355U
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1355U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1355U
vs
Ryzen 5 8540U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
Core i7 1355U
7553
Ryzen 5 8540U +21%
9174
File compression 519.7 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 58.7 Klines/sec 62.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 159 pages/sec 179.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 219.7 Mpixels/sec 226.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 221.5 pages/sec 247.2 pages/sec
Background blur 33.4 images/sec 42.7 images/sec
Photo processing 64.2 images/sec 74.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.5 Mpixels/sec 13.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 653 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1355U
13850
Ryzen 5 8540U +32%
18287
Integer math 50.4 GOps/sec 57.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 33.9 GOps/sec 35 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 68M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.2M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.6 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 152.3 MBytes/sec 207.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 844 Frames/sec 997 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.5B Matrices/sec 15B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3976 & 134 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1355U
94.87
Ryzen 5 8540U +30%
123.6

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 33.9 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 503.5 PPW 305.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 923.3 PPW 609.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.32 PPW 4.12 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 i7 1355U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-28 (Linode)Geekbench 6 CPU2435 / 7355
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1355U and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i7-1355U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U - AMD Ryzen 5 230
Intel CPU rating (#160th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#94th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1355U +43%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 8540U
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1355U official page AMD Ryzen 5 8540U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 20

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Comments

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