Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Ryzen 5 7540U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 7540U
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 28 Watt
11.80
Ryzen 7 8845HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
18.14
+53.7%

Ryzen 7 8845HS outperforms Ryzen 5 7540U by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking661337
Place by popularitynot in top-10089
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)no data
Power efficiency39.8638.13
Architecture codenamePhoenix (Zen4) (2023)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date3 May 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm4 nm
Die size178 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors25,000 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFP7FP8
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 7 8845HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 7540U 11.80
Ryzen 7 8845HS 18.14
+53.7%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 7540U 18743
Ryzen 7 8845HS 28820
+53.8%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 7540U 2090
Ryzen 7 8845HS 2345
+12.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 7540U 7972
Ryzen 7 8845HS 11060
+38.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 7540U 7365
Ryzen 7 8845HS 7475
+1.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 7540U 27647
Ryzen 7 8845HS 47416
+71.5%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 7540U 11925
Ryzen 7 8845HS 15724
+31.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 7540U 19
Ryzen 7 8845HS 30
+51.9%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 7540U 1676
Ryzen 7 8845HS 2572
+53.4%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 7540U 264
Ryzen 7 8845HS 278
+5.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 7540U 3.22
Ryzen 7 8845HS 3.31
+2.8%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 7540U 8.7
Ryzen 7 8845HS 14.2
+63.2%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 7540U 5273
Ryzen 7 8845HS 13168
+150%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 7540U 76
Ryzen 7 8845HS 144
+90.3%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 7540U 226
Ryzen 7 8845HS 289
+27.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 7540U 8296
Ryzen 7 8845HS 11819
+42.5%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 7540U 413
+107%
Ryzen 7 8845HS 200

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 7540U 1866
Ryzen 7 8845HS 1940
+3.9%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 7540U 6039
Ryzen 7 8845HS 6305
+4.4%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 7540U 35368
Ryzen 7 8845HS 67167
+89.9%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 7540U 286
Ryzen 7 8845HS 305
+6.6%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 7540U 687
+115%
Ryzen 7 8845HS 320

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 7540U 8971
Ryzen 7 8845HS 12721
+41.8%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 7540U 2519
Ryzen 7 8845HS 2617
+3.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.80 18.14
Integrated graphics card 8.29 18.32
Recency 3 May 2023 6 December 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 7540U has 60.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 8845HS, on the other hand, has a 53.7% higher aggregate performance score, 121% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 months, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Ryzen 7 8845HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 7540U in performance tests.


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