AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Dec 2023
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
4 nm
Socket
FP7
AM5
Power Consumption
15-30 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Die Size
137 mm²
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Package
FP7, FP7r2
FC-LGA1718
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
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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
6
Total Thread Count
12
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
38
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
102 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
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Raster Operation Units
8
—
Execution Units
4
2
Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
14
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,789
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Cinebench R23
10,405
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Geekbench 6
2,445
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Geekbench 6
9,182
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Passmark CPU
3,759
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Passmark CPU
18,276
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.