AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 8540U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
1801
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
1635
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
10492
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
11012
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
3665
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
3518
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
18391
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
21211
Integer Math58.2 GOps/s70.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math35.1 GOps/s41.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Search70 M primes/s75 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.3 M strings/s29.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.3 GB/s15.1 GB/s
Data Compression209.2 MB/s242.7 MB/s
Physics1036 frames/s1166 frames/s
Extended Instructions149 M matrices/s171 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
2447
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
2338
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
9174
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
10420
File Compression1010 MB/s1190 MB/s
Clang Compilation62.7 KLines/s72.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser179.9 pages/s219.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering226.9 MP/sec267.6 MP/sec
Text Processing247.2 pages/s242.2 pages/s
Background Blur42.7 frames/s46.3 frames/s
Photo Processing74.8 frames/s94.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.7 MP/sec15.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
123.6
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
172.19

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 305.8 PPW 347.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 613 PPW 707 PPW
Blender / W 4.12 PPW 5.74 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced December, 6, 2023 May, 3, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 760M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency3 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.7 GHzn/a
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x35x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 20.9 billion 25 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 15-30 W
Socket FP7 FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 14 20

Note

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U:

DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x. ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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