AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G

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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U or HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U was released in Q3/2023.

The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.22 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G was released in Q1/2021.
AMD Ryzen 5 (85) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 (3)
6 Generation 6
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.22 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
6 Cores 8
12 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz)
6x Zen 4
A-Core 2.22 GHz
3x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 1.84 GHz
3x Cortex-A55

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
-- AI hardware HUAWEI HiAI 2.0
-- AI specifications Da Vinci Architecture. Ascend D110 Lite

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 740M GPU ARM Mali-G57 MP6
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
2.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
10 GPU Generation Vallhall 1
4 nm Technology 7 nm
4 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 6
256 Shader 96
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 740M GPU ARM Mali-G57 MP6
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR4X-2133
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G is 6 W.

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U has a 22.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
4 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions --
FP8 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2023 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.50 GHz
1280 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
ARM Mali-G57 MP6 @ 0.85 GHz
653 (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1700 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
6915 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
2402 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
351366 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
Unknown Huawei Nova 7 SE
Huawei Nova 8

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