ZoomPhoto 1 of 1AMD
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
A six-core, 12-thread Hawk Point chip that mixes two Zen 4 cores with four compact Zen 4c cores, boosting to 4.9GHz in a 15 to 30W configurable range. It pairs them with Radeon 740M graphics, and AMD does not list a Ryzen AI NPU for it, unlike the Ryzen 5 8640U.
Pros
- Two Zen 4 and four Zen 4c cores give six cores and 12 threads
- Zen 4 cores boost up to 4.9GHz
- Configurable 15 to 30W TDP range suits thin laptops
- Radeon 740M graphics clocked up to 2.8GHz
- Supports DDR5-5600 and LPDDR5X-7500 memory, USB4 and DisplayPort 2.1
Cons
- AMD does not list a Ryzen AI NPU for this chip, unlike the Ryzen 5 8640U
- Radeon 740M has 4 compute units, half the Radeon 760M's 8
- Zen 4c cores top out at 3.5GHz with a 3.0GHz base clock
- 14 native PCIe lanes against 20 on the Ryzen 5 8640U
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 30 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 2
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 3.2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.9 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 740M
- iGPU clock
- 2,800 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7500 / DDR5-5600
- Max memory
- 96 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,489Bottom 40%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 8,751Bottom 23%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,715Bottom 39%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 9,722Bottom 26%
- PassMark
- 18,358Bottom 34%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,631Bottom 47%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,527Bottom 39%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U earns an Inno Score of 52.9/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A six-core, 12-thread Hawk Point chip that mixes two Zen 4 cores with four compact Zen 4c cores, boosting to 4.9GHz in a 15 to 30W configurable range. It pairs them with Radeon 740M graphics, and AMD does not list a Ryzen AI NPU for it, unlike the Ryzen 5 8640U.
Does the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 18,358 (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 8540U?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.9 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-12700H, Intel Core i7-1355U, Intel Core 5 320 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
