AMD Ryzen 5 8540U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

53/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 76.0 Good 76.0 Good
Performance 68.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 8 16
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 37x
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 12 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 42.7 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 62.7 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1010 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.9 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 226.9 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 74.8 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247.2 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra 5 125U —
Released December 6, 2023 March 12, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 230 —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8540U official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 14 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FP7 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors 20.9 billions 17.8 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 207.6 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 68M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 35 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 997 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 305.8 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 609.6 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 4 64
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 8 16
Shading Units 256 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 16 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8540U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

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