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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Ryzen 5 7540U

53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8540U against the 3.2 GHz Ryzen 5 7540U. 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 7540U and 8540U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8540U
vs
Ryzen 5 7540U

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)
File compression 1010 MB/sec 988.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.7 Klines/sec 63.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.9 pages/sec 172.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 226.9 Mpixels/sec 215.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247.2 pages/sec 239.6 pages/sec
Background blur 42.7 images/sec 42.6 images/sec
Photo processing 74.8 images/sec 72.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 13.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 3 & 262 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8540U
18287
Ryzen 5 7540U +1%
18526
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 60.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35 GOps/sec 35.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 68M Primes/sec 67M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 207.6 MBytes/sec 210.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 997 Frames/sec 973 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 15.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 134 & 44 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 7540U +15%
142.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 305.8 PPW 294.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 609.6 PPW 617.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-16 (Afridi)Cinebench 202496 / 511
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and Ryzen 5 7540U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 May 23, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U - Intel Core i5 1340P
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (94th and 101st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.2 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 32x
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 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP7
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (169th and 182nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 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 8540U +8%
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7540U
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 8540U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7540U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 14

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Total votes: 22

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Comments

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