Intel Core i5-12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 7040
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11600KF -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  10 6
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4.5 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 6x Zen 4
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None AMD Radeon 740M
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 4
• Generation
  - 10
• GPU Frequency
  - 2500 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 2500 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  - 4
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2023
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 4 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7540U and Intel Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8)
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  5.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 89.6 GB/s
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s -
• Configurable TDP
  - 15-30 W
• Default TDP
  - 28 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7540U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Phoenix (Zen 4)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  20 MB 16 MB
• Part Number
  BX8071512600KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 2023-05-03
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP7 / FP7r2
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 4nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Codename
  - Phoenix
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux