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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:
743rd fastest in multithreading out of 4940 CPUs
205th fastest in single threading out of 4940 CPUs
250th fastest in out of 1401 Desktop CPUs
154th fastest in out of 1443 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18759
Single Thread Rating
3723

Samples: 27*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math58,571 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,783 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers71 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,658 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,547 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression215,780 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,055 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,458 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,723 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of January 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 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,874
Intel Core i7-12700H
 26,031
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,976
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,323
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,759
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,229
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,732
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,154
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,154
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,792
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,779
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 188.65
Intel Core i9-13900K
 117.75
Intel Core i7-12700H
 56.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.63
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 51.45
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 31.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.23
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 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,614
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,723
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,574
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,065
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,040
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,926
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,669
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,651
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,565
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2344084 - Jan 15 2025
19338
BL2339840 - Jan 13 2025
18880
BL2324409 - Jan 06 2025
17718
BL2314580 - Jan 01 2025
17882
BL2296826 - Dec 24 2024
19245
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,759
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 23,411 (+24.8%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 23,213 (+23.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,870 (+21.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,805 (+16.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,442 (+9.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,169 (+7.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 17,440 (-7.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,171 (+18.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,957 (+17.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,531 (+9.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,983 (+6.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,091 (-3.6%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,205
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,873
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,716
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,593
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,313
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,738
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,591
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,278
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,177
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,125
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,486