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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:
1148th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
480th fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
363rd fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs
243rd fastest in out of 1652 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18341
Single Thread Rating
3633

Samples: 145*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math57,409 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,057 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers68 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,847 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,267 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression208,018 KBytes/Sec
Physics993 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,093 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,633 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of October 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of October 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 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,188
Intel Core i7-12700H
 24,929
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,820
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,444
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,558
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,536
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,341
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,119
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,119
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,420
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,540
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K
 126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.18
Intel Core i7-12700H
 54.55
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 49.51
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.05
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10.98
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 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,690
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,672
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,672
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,633
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,479
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,366
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,003
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 2,985
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,604
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,592
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3750436 - Sep 30 2026
19754
BL3750259 - Sep 30 2026
19397
BL3749901 - Sep 30 2026
18951
BL3749900 - Sep 30 2026
19624
BL3748426 - Sep 29 2026
19531
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,341
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,357 (+16.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,102 (+9.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,044 (+3.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 15,070 (-17.8%)
Intel Core i5-14500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,872 (+24.7%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,869 (+24.7%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,695 (+23.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,681 (+23.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,556 (+23.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,961 (+19.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,464 (+17.0%)
Intel Core i5-14400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,357 (+11.0%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
 15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
 12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,384
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D
 12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
 10,486
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,058
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,338