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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Ryzen 5 7640U

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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8540U against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 7640U. 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 7640U and 8540U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
  • Newer - released 7 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8540U
vs
Ryzen 5 7640U

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 8540U
9174
Ryzen 5 7640U +14%
10420
File compression 1010 MB/sec 1190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.7 Klines/sec 72.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.9 pages/sec 219.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 226.9 Mpixels/sec 267.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247.2 pages/sec 242.2 pages/sec
Background blur 42.7 images/sec 46.3 images/sec
Photo processing 74.8 images/sec 94.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 3 & 695 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 7640U +11%
20262
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 67.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 68M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 28.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 14.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 207.6 MBytes/sec 228.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 997 Frames/sec 1145 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 16.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 134 & 139 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 7640U +39%
172.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 305.8 PPW 347.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 609.6 PPW 675.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 5.74 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“˜ 2026-04-06 (GenerallyThrawn)GeekBench2338 / 10420
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and Ryzen 5 7640U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 May 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U - Intel Core i5 1340P
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (94th and 92nd 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 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 (169th and 161st 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 7640U +93%
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Radeon 740M

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 7640U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640U:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Comments

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