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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
The Ryzen 5 7540U is a six-core, 12-thread Zen 4 chip from AMD's Phoenix family, built on TSMC 4nm with 16MB of L3 cache, a 4.9GHz boost and a 15-30W configurable TDP. Its Radeon 740M has 4 graphics cores at up to 2.5GHz and there is no Ryzen AI NPU. Unlike the similarly clocked Ryzen 5 7545U, all six cores are full Zen 4 cores.
Pros
- Six full Zen 4 cores and 12 threads within a 15-30W configurable TDP
- TSMC 4nm process with 16MB of L3 cache and a 4.9GHz boost clock
- Radeon 740M graphics with AV1 encode and decode support
- Supports DDR5-5600 and LPDDR5X-7500 memory, PCIe 4.0 and two USB4 ports
- About 2,520 single-core points in Geekbench 6 and 1,700 in Cinebench R23 in review testing
Cons
- Radeon 740M has only 4 graphics cores, so gaming performance is modest
- No Ryzen AI NPU
- Six cores leave less multi-threaded headroom than eight-core Phoenix chips; the reviewed laptop scored about 8,970 (Geekbench 6) and 10,380 (Cinebench R23) multi-core at a 22W sustained limit
- Easy to confuse with the Ryzen 5 7545U, which mixes Zen 4 and Zen 4c cores
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 30 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 3.2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.9 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 740M
- iGPU clock
- 2,500 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7500 / DDR5-5600
- Max memory
- 256 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,519Bottom 43%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 8,971Bottom 24%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,699Bottom 36%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 10,383Bottom 32%
- PassMark
- 18,393Bottom 35%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,488Bottom 37%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,527Bottom 39%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 5 7540U earns an Inno Score of 54.2/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 5 7540U is a six-core, 12-thread Zen 4 chip from AMD's Phoenix family, built on TSMC 4nm with 16MB of L3 cache, a 4.9GHz boost and a 15-30W configurable TDP. Its Radeon 740M has 4 graphics cores at up to 2.5GHz and there is no Ryzen AI NPU. Unlike the similarly clocked Ryzen 5 7545U, all six cores are full Zen 4 cores.
Does the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 18,393 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.9 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 5 7540U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, Intel Core Ultra 7 165U, AMD Ryzen 5 8640U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
