Ryzen 5 8540U vs HD Graphics 520
Primary details
Comparing HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 661 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel HD Graphics | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 39.58 |
| Architecture codename | Gen9 | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023) |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | no data | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.35 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 137 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 20,900 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 740M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 14 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
Ryzen 5 8540U has a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 520 and Ryzen 5 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.
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