AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Dec 2023
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
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Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
Apple M5 GPU
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
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Processor Number
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Apple M5
Package
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP7
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
15-30 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
137 mm²
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Package
FP7, FP7r2
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
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Efficiency Cores
4
6
Efficiency Core Threads
8
6
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
10
Total Thread Count
12
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
32x
46
L1 Cache
64 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
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Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
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Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
2240 MHz
Shader Units
256
1280
Texture Units
16
80
Raster Operation Units
8
40
Execution Units
4
160
Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
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PCIe Lanes
14
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,789
2,399
Cinebench R23
10,405
15,574
Geekbench 6
2,445
4,186
Geekbench 6
9,182
16,820
Passmark CPU
3,759
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Passmark CPU
18,276
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Cinebench 2024
—
184
Cinebench 2024
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1,071
Cinebench 2026
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4,367
Cinebench 2026
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737
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.