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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:
730th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
205th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
249th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs
151st fastest in out of 1436 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18793
Single Thread Rating
3720

Samples: 22*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math58,848 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math35,803 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers73 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,428 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,543 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression216,132 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,069 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,474 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,720 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of December 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,920
Intel Core i7-12700H
 26,092
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,993
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,392
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,793
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,742
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,153
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,153
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,820
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,793
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 260.95
Intel Core i9-13900K
 111.70
Intel Core i7-12700H
 57.09
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 51.63
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 49.46
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 31.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.24
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,616
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,720
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,686
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,686
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,579
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,071
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,042
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,927
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,673
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,652
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,566
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2282823 - Dec 17 2024
19841
BL2271223 - Dec 10 2024
19762
BL2270324 - Dec 09 2024
19651
BL2253759 - Nov 23 2024
19504
BL2252985 - Nov 23 2024
19613
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,793
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 23,402 (+24.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,985 (+22.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,763 (+15.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,391 (+8.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,198 (+7.5%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 23,427 (+24.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,183 (+18.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,034 (+17.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,593 (+9.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,084 (-3.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 17,551 (-6.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 15,713 (-16.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 8,916
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,514