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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:
1026th fastest in multithreading out of 5813 CPUs
404th fastest in single threading out of 5813 CPUs
334th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs
224th fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18402
Single Thread Rating
3635

Samples: 116*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math57,527 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,118 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers68 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,887 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,334 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression209,309 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,002 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,153 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,635 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.
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 11th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,415
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,226
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,610
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,740
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,592
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,402
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,130
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,130
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,478
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,590
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 145.64
Intel Core i5-12400F
 130.49
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.55
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.20
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.37
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.03
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 11th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,693
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,675
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,675
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,635
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,501
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,365
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,002
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,613
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,610
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3311781 - Feb 26 2026
19817
BL3309524 - Feb 25 2026
19969
BL3283648 - Feb 13 2026
16585
BL3262033 - Feb 04 2026
17312
BL3232168 - Jan 22 2026
19838
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 11th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,402
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,456 (+16.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,250 (+10.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 15,718 (-14.6%)
Intel Core i5-14500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,977 (+24.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,956 (+24.7%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,762 (+23.7%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,695 (+23.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,136 (+20.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,567 (+17.2%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,576 (+11.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,901 (+8.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,006 (+3.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,264
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,375
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
 10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,445
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,354