AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP8 socket and was released in Q1/2024. The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U scores 1,700 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,915 points.
| Name: | AMD Ryzen 5 8540U |
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| Family: | AMD Ryzen 5 (84) |
| CPU group: | AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) |
| Architecture: | Hawk Point (Zen 4) |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Predecessor: | AMD Ryzen 5 7540U |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is 3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 6 / 12 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Zen 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 4.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U uses the AMD Radeon 740M, which has 256 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon 740M |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.80 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 2.50 GHz |
| Compute units: | 4 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | Yes |
| Release date: | Q3/2023 |
| Max. displays: | 4 |
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| Generation: | 10 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 4 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 32 GB |
| Frame Generation: | AMD FSR |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | Decode |
| AV1: | Decode / Encode |
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| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 256 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| DDR5-4800 DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5X-7500 | 76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s 120.0 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 256 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | Yes |
| PCIe: | 4.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | 30 W |
| TDP down: | 15 W |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is made in 4 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 22.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 4 nm |
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| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | FP8 |
| L2-Cache: | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 16.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V, SVM |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date: | Q1/2024 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | 100-000001333 |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
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