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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs Ryzen 3 7440U

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Ryzen 3 7440U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7540U with 6-cores against the 3.0 GHz Ryzen 3 7440U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7440U and 7540U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
  • Newer - released 5 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7540U
vs
Ryzen 3 7440U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U +34%
8822
Ryzen 3 7440U
6571
File compression 988.4 MB/sec 728.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 63.6 Klines/sec 41.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 172.2 pages/sec 125.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 215.5 Mpixels/sec 163.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 239.6 pages/sec 235.2 pages/sec
Background blur 42.6 images/sec 33.6 images/sec
Photo processing 72.2 images/sec 54.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.3 Mpixels/sec 8.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 262 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U +11%
3499
Ryzen 3 7440U
3158
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U +41%
18526
Ryzen 3 7440U
13100
Integer math 60.1 GOps/sec 37.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.9 GOps/sec 21.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 67M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 19.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.5 GBytes/sec 8.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 210.3 MBytes/sec 149.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 973 Frames/sec 855 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B Matrices/sec 10.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 44 & 2 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 294.1 PPW 219 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 617.5 PPW 436.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.74 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-16 (Afridi)Cinebench 202496 / 511
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-28 (Atbara)Cinebench 202493 / 496
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AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 3 7440U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 23, 2023 October 10, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 1340P -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - AMD Ryzen 3 210
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (101st and 122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 1
P-Threads 12 2
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 3
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 30x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 4 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7540U
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 7440U
1.3 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 740M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7540U official page AMD Ryzen 3 7440U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 14

Cast your vote

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3 (75%)
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Total votes: 4

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Comments

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