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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 relatively new 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:
975th fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
368th fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
322nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
207th fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18370
Single Thread Rating
3633

Samples: 92*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math57,365 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,012 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers69 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,738 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,304 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression208,885 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,012 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,063 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,633 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,362
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,357
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,832
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,540
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,370
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,685
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,546
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,612
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 263.99
Intel Core i5-12400F
 112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.11
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.49
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.21
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.05
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,601
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,633
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,514
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,487
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,029
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,011
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,621
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,617
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3101862 - Dec 02 2025
19362
BL3092839 - Nov 29 2025
18319
BL3064144 - Nov 18 2025
18766
BL3049710 - Nov 13 2025
20164
BL3044071 - Nov 11 2025
17879
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,370
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,485 (+17.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,311 (+10.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 16,079 (-12.5%)
Intel Core i5-14500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,884 (+24.6%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,793 (+24.1%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,739 (+23.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,263 (+21.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,630 (+17.7%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,772 (+13.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,851 (+8.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,851 (+2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,315 (-0.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,438
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,797
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,453
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,308
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,777
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
 9,683
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,484
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,371