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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Brand: AMD
Rating: 4.2 (26 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-05-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U represents a modern, versatile processor from AMD. It integrates the advanced Hawk Point architecture, based on efficient Zen 4 cores. Manufacturing in a modern 4nm process significantly contributes to its remarkable energy efficiency. This makes the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U an excellent choice for mobile devices.

There, it enables longer battery life and remains pleasantly cool even under load. The powerful AMD Radeon 740M is directly integrated for graphics output. This graphics unit delivers more than enough power for all common multimedia applications. It also effortlessly handles streaming high-resolution content.

In addition, it offers a solid foundation for occasional, light gaming. A fast 6 MB L2 cache and a generous 16 MB L3 cache are present. They noticeably accelerate data access. This contributes to the overall speed of the system. The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is thus a smart investment for users. He is looking for a reliable processor that is convincing both in everyday life and in productivity tasks.

We were surprised at how well it masters modern requirements.

Modern Hawk Point (Zen 4) architecture and 4-nm manufacturing
Integrated AMD Radeon 740M graphics
High energy efficiency for mobile devices

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 154 / 834
In segment Notebook

Multi-core performance

Rank 231 / 832
In segment Notebook

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 14T · 5.20 GHz

2,406

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,404

6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz

2,402

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 14T · 2.00 GHz

7,886

12C / 14T · 1.50 GHz

7,846

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

7,841

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

7,816

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

7,816

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

1,710

10C / 12T · 5.00 GHz

1,703

6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz

1,700

10C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

1,686

8C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,677

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 12T · 1.30 GHz

7,020

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

6,955

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

6,915

10C / 12T · 2.70 GHz

6,894

8C / 16T · 2.70 GHz

6,882

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)

1,343

Intel Iris Xe 3 Core Graphics 48 EUs (Meteor Lake)

1,340

AMD Radeon 740M

1,280

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)

1,240

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)

1,240

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 8040 (22)
Architecture	Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Technology	4 nm
Segment	Notebook
Socket	FP8
Generation	7
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Q3/2023
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓
Core architecture	normal
Cores:	2x Zen 4
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):
L2-Cache	6.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	AMD Radeon 740M
GPU frequency	0.80 - 2.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 256
Raytracing	✓
Max. displays	4
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	4 nm
Release date	Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
DDR5-4800 DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5X-7500	76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s 120.0 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	256 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	15 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date	Q1/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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