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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?

This is a newly released CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Description: w/ Radeon 740M Graphics

Class: Desktop, Laptop

Socket: FP7 FP7r2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.9 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 28 W

TDP Down: 15 W

TDP Up: 30 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 8540U w/ Radeon 740M Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2024

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
804th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
249th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
272nd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs
169th fastest in out of 1455 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18427
Single Thread Rating
3675

Samples: 53*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math58,275 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,100 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers70 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,370 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,301 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression209,883 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,038 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,919 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,675 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop, Laptop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,751
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,886
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,924
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,160
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,427
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,718
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,725
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,728
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.28
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.61
Intel Core i7-12700H
 56.64
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 51.04
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 31.17
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.18
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,561
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,054
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,036
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,660
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,642
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2503844 - Mar 24 2025
16445
BL2483395 - Mar 15 2025
20063
BL2482223 - Mar 15 2025
20295
BL2482199 - Mar 15 2025
17102
BL2481314 - Mar 14 2025
18534
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,427
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,726 (+23.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,647 (+17.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,312 (+10.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,277 (+10.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 17,148 (-6.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 15,315 (-16.9%)
Intel Core i5-14400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,406 (+21.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,108 (+20.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,833 (+18.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,603 (+17.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,409 (+10.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,925 (+8.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,328
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,436