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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs Ryzen 5 230

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7540U against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 230. 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 230 and 7540U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7540U
vs
Ryzen 5 230

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)
Ryzen 5 7540U
2405
Ryzen 5 230 +7%
2568
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U
8822
Ryzen 5 230 +16%
10218
File compression 988.4 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 63.6 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 172.2 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 215.5 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 239.6 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 42.6 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 72.2 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.3 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 262 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U
3499
Ryzen 5 230 +2%
3560
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7540U
18526
Ryzen 5 230 +5%
19428
Integer math 60.1 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.9 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 67M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.5 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 210.3 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 973 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 44 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7540U
142.27
Ryzen 5 230 +8%
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 294.1 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 617.5 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.74 PPW 5.11 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 5 230

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 23, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number - 230
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 1340P - Intel Core 5 210H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 230 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (101st and 85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 35x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions -
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (182nd and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 4 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7540U
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230 +108%
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Radeon 740M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7540U official page AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 20

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Comments

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