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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Ryzen 5 230

53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 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 8540U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8540U
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 8540U
2447
Ryzen 5 230 +5%
2568
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8540U
9174
Ryzen 5 230 +11%
10218
File compression 1010 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.7 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.9 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 226.9 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247.2 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 42.7 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 74.8 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 8540U +2%
3618
Ryzen 5 230
3560
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8540U
18287
Ryzen 5 230 +6%
19428
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 68M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 207.6 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 997 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 134 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 8540U
123.6
Ryzen 5 230 +24%
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 305.8 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 609.6 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 5.11 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and Ryzen 5 230

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number - 230
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U - Intel Core 5 210H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 230 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (94th and 85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 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 20.9 billions -
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (169th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 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 8540U
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230 +93%
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 8540U 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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