Intel Core i3-8140U vs AMD RX-418GD

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-8140U and AMD RX-418GD processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8140U

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-418GD

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 81951% higher clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3200 MHz vs 3.90 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-8140U
CPU 2: AMD RX-418GD

Name Intel Core i3-8140U AMD RX-418GD
PassMark - Single thread mark 2135
PassMark - CPU mark 4227
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4536

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i3-8140U AMD RX-418GD

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Merlin Falcon
Launch date Q4'19 21 October 2015
Place in performance rating 1196 1220
Processor Number i3-8140U
Series 8th Generation Intel Core i3 Processors
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family AMD R-Series
Price now RX-418GD

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 1800 MHz
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3200 MHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 4
Die size 1073 mm2
L1 cache 320 KB
L2 cache 2 MB

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x3EA9
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz 800 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Radeon R6 series
Number of pipelines 384
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 10 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 46x24 micro-BGA
Sockets supported FCBGA1528 BGA (FP4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)