AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U with 6 cores 3.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Lower TDP (30W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX Advantages
Released 1 years late
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2024
Release Date
Apr 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
Hawk Point 2
Core Architecture
Dragon Range
AMD Socket FP7
Socket
AMD Socket FL1
Radeon 740M
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
20.9 billions
Transistor Count
6.57 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
15-30 W
Power Consumption
55 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
137 mm²
Die Size
71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
-
4
Performance Core Threads
-
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
6
Total Core Count
8
12
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
37
Multiplier
36.0
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
6 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
256
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
4
Execution Units
-
