Intel Core i3-540 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1037 points
6563 points
532% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2070 points
8019 points
287% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

769 points
6089 points
691% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

739 points
5960 points
706% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.86 points
177.81 points
1096% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

818 points
8754 points
970% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

386 points
1836 points
375% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

836 points
8862 points
960% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

404 points
1847 points
357% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
8
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.06 GHz
3.20 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

73 W
45 W
62% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

966th of 1,118
227th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i3-540 vs Ryzen 7 6800H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 6800H performs better than the Core i3-540. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-540 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-540 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-540. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-540. The Ryzen 7 6800H outputs less heat than Core i3-540 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-540 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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