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AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs Ryzen 5 240

56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
VS
55 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 240
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen 5 240

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8640U against the 4.3 GHz Ryzen 5 240. 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 240 and 8640U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2519 vs 2263 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 240
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8640U
vs
Ryzen 5 240

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 8640U +11%
2519
Ryzen 5 240
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1080 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 71 Klines/sec 75.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 260.8 Mpixels/sec 269.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 259.8 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
Background blur 48.1 images/sec 53.5 images/sec
Photo processing 94.5 images/sec 95.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.5 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 6 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 8640U
3459
Ryzen 5 240 +6%
3680
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8640U
19989
Ryzen 5 240 +13%
22665
Integer math 66.4 GOps/sec 73.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39.6 GOps/sec 45.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 68M Primes/sec 70M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.7 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 226.7 MBytes/sec 268 MBytes/sec
Physics 1015 Frames/sec 1057 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 20.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 41 & 136 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 20.4 PPW 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.6 PPW 190.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 666.3 PPW 419.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.12 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8640U and Ryzen 5 240

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 - 240
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 7 155U - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (86th and 89th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 43x
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) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (143rd and 147th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2600 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 8 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 8640U
2.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 240
2.7 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 760M benchmarks

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 8640U official page AMD Ryzen 5 240 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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