AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Dec 2023
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
Radeon 680M
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
Package
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
6 nm
Socket
FP7
FP7
Power Consumption
15-30 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Die Size
137 mm²
210 mm²
Package
FP7, FP7r2
FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.75 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
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Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
DDR5-4800,LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
256 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
256
768
Texture Units
16
48
Raster Operation Units
8
32
Execution Units
4
12
Power Consumption
15 W
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
14
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,789
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Cinebench R23
10,405
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Geekbench 6
2,445
2,044
Geekbench 6
9,182
10,120
Passmark CPU
3,759
3,030
Passmark CPU
18,276
21,830
Cinebench 2024
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86
Cinebench 2024
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720
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.