AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U 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 7540U Good for Gaming?

This is relatively new CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U 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 ...]

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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

Description: w/ Radeon 740M Graphics

Class: 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 7540U w/ Radeon 740M Graphics, AMD Ryzen 5 7540U w/ Radeon(TM) 740M Graphics, AMD Ryzen 5 7540U with Radeon 740M Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
989th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
450th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
214th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

18627

Single Thread Rating

3523

Samples: 37*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

Integer Math	60,308 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	36,048 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	67 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,788 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,582 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	211,713 KBytes/Sec
Physics	987 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	15,258 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,523 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 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 Laptop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,268
Apple M4 10 Core		23,703
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,632
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,768
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		18,627
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,013
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,485
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,600
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,395

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.29
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.05
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		3,523
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,506
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,024
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,588
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3105863 - Dec 04 2025		19344
BL3098658 - Dec 01 2025		18928
BL2910274 - Sep 15 2025		19614
BL2846847 - Aug 19 2025		18089
BL2819435 - Aug 07 2025		18781

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		18,627
AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		17,769 (-4.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		22,837 (+22.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		22,670 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i5-13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		21,043 (+13.0%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		20,653 (+10.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		20,649 (+10.9%)
Intel Core i7-1370P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		19,973 (+7.2%)
Intel Core i7-1360P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		18,474 (-0.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		18,445 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		17,912 (-3.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		17,603 (-5.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		17,430 (-6.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,431
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,999
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,919
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,865
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,772
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		7,148
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,905
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U		3,281

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