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.
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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:
695th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
154th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
230th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs
145th fastest in out of 1414 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

18227

Single Thread Rating

3741

Samples: 5*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math	60,997 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	36,255 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	76 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,033 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	11,670 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	205,788 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,059 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,742 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,741 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of July 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of July 2024.

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	Lenovo ThinkPad T14 AMD G5, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U (3.20GHz, 16MB), 14 1920 x 1200 Non-Touch	$1010.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion 16 inch Laptop, WUXGA Touchscreen, AMD Ryzen 5 8540U, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics, Windows 11 Home, Copilot Key, 16-ag0010nr (2024)	$749.99 (www.amazon.com)
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop, Laptop CPUs
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,235
Intel Core i7-12700H		26,197
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,042
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,284
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		18,227
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,754
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,884
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,841

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		221.95
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.63
Intel Core i7-12700H		57.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.41
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.67
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.29
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,629
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		3,741
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,587
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,079
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,047
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,685
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,659
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2152311 - Jul 23 2024		16824
BL2152263 - Jul 23 2024		16364
BL2118680 - Jun 07 2024		19344
BL2108101 - May 24 2024		19180
BL2089133 - Apr 29 2024		19425

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		18,227
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		21,678 (+18.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		20,383 (+11.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		20,052 (+10.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		16,932 (-7.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		15,457 (-15.2%)
Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,742 (+24.8%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,742 (+24.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,736 (+24.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,096 (+21.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,076 (+21.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		22,041 (+20.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		21,894 (+20.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,272
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,028
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,528
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,385
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,104
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,877
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,787
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,542
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,533
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U		3,934

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