AMD Ryzen 7 8840H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL

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AMD Ryzen 7 8840H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H or Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H was released in Q1/2024.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL has 14 cores with 18 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL was released in Q2/2024.
AMD Ryzen 7 (68) Family Intel Core Ultra 5 (10)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100HL (4)
7 Generation 1
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Meteor Lake PS
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz). The Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL has 14 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz (4.60 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
8 Cores 14
16 Threads 18
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz)
8x Zen 4
A-Core 1.70 GHz (4.60 GHz)
4x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
AMD Ryzen AI AI hardware Intel AI engine
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
2.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
3 GPU Generation --
4 nm Technology 5 nm
4 Max. displays 4
12 Compute units 128
768 Shader 1024
Yes Hardware Raytracing Yes
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL can connect up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR5-5600
256 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache 14.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 18.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H has a TDP of 28 W, that of the Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL is 45 W.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
30 W TDP up 65 W
20 W TDP down 20 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL cache has a total of 32.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
4 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP8 Socket LGA 1851
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024 Release date Q2/2024
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 8840H AMD Ryzen 7 8840H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz
4201 (96%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.20 GHz
4361 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 7 8840H AMD Ryzen 7 8840H
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
16 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
14C 18T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Intel Core Ultra 5 135HL
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