AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U vs AMD EPYC 7F72

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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 7F72
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U AMD EPYC 7F72

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U or AMD EPYC 7F72 - 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 PRO 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 PRO 7540U was released in Q2/2023.

The AMD EPYC 7F72 has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7F72 was released in Q2/2020.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (28) Family AMD EPYC (129)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group AMD EPYC 7002 (24)
6 Generation 2
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Rome (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz). The AMD EPYC 7F72 has 24 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7F72
6 Cores 24
12 Threads 48
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
4.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.50 GHz

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 PRO 7540U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7F72
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

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 no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
2.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
10 GPU Generation --
4 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
256 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7F72 can connect up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7F72
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR4-3200
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 192.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes 128
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7F72 is 240 W.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7F72
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 240 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U has a 22.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7F72 cache has a total of 192.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7F72
4 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FP8 Socket SP3
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 2450 $
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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 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1175 (100%)

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 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.50 GHz
20479 (100%)

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 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1454 (100%)

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 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.50 GHz
13674 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
425 (100%)

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 PRO 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.50 GHz
1280 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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