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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:
961st fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
354th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
315th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs
208th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18340
Single Thread Rating
3633

Samples: 87*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Integer Math57,398 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math34,965 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers69 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,618 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,272 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression208,508 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,013 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,022 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,633 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 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 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,422
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,392
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,703
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,873
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,513
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,340
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,686
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,566
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,620
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 256.33
Intel Core i5-12400F
 126.19
Intel Core i9-13900K
 103.40
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.31
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.48
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.06
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 November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,602
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,633
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,517
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,012
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,622
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,619
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3035951 - Nov 07 2025
19558
BL3033379 - Nov 06 2025
20119
BL3026507 - Nov 04 2025
19335
BL3021948 - Nov 02 2025
16562
BL3014680 - Oct 30 2025
18079
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 November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,340
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 21,500 (+17.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,316 (+10.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 16,166 (-11.9%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-80-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,891 (+24.8%)
Intel Core i5-14500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,874 (+24.7%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite - X1E-78-100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,802 (+24.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 22,300 (+21.6%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 20,768 (+13.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 19,809 (+8.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 18,819 (+2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 17,871 (-2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 16,281 (-11.2%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,271
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
 9,840
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,780
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,502
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,484
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
 3,374