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AMD Ryzen 5 240 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

AMD Ryzen 5 240

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The Ryzen 5 240 is an upper mid-range processor (APU) of the Hawk Point family. This isn't an entirely new chip, but a rebadged Ryzen 5 8645HS from 2024. The CPU features 6 SMT-enabled Zen 4 cores (12 threads) running at 4.3 GHz to 5.0 GHz. The Radeon 760M iGPU is responsible for carrying out 3D calculations and similar duties.

Architecture & Features

Hawk Point family chips are powered by the Zen 4 architecture, much like Phoenix and Dragon Range family chips are. That's not to say there is no difference between the three. With Hawk Point, AMD is betting big on generative AI; these chips are promised to deliver an up to 40% increase in generative AI performance over 7040 series APUs making apps like DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Photoshop even more powerful.

Unlike Zen 3, Zen 4 features AVX512 support and, thanks to a plethora of other improvements including larger caches/registers/buffers across the board, is slated to bring a double-digit IPC improvement over the former.

Elsewhere, the R5 240 has 16 MB of L3 cache and a super-fast DDR5-5600 / LPDDR5x-7500 RAM controller. USB 4 (and thus Thunderbolt) is supported natively and so is PCIe 4. In fact, 20 PCIe 4 lanes are on offer; data transfer speeds of up to 7.8 GB/s will be possible provided a sufficiently fast NVMe SSD is used.

Systems powered by this Ryzen 5 series chip are expected to run 64-bit Windows 11, 64-bit Windows 10, or Linux. Please note that the APU is not overclockable and neither will you be able to replace it with a faster one as it gets soldered to the motherboard permanently (FP7, FP7r2, FP8 socket interfaces).

Performance

Since the Ryzen 5 240 is an 8645HX / 7640HS in disguise, it is safe to expect the APU to be about as fast as the Ryzen 9 5900HX, Ryzen 7 6800H, Ryzen 7 7736U and also the Core i5-12500H, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Graphics

The Radeon 760M has 8 CUs (512 shaders) running at up to 2,600 MHz. While this is not the best graphics adapter for gaming as it's only just fast enough for low quality settings and resolutions such as 1600 x 900, it will let you connect up to four SUHD 4320p monitors and it also HW-encodes and HW-decodes the most widely used video codecs such as AV1, HEVC and AVC without breaking a sweat.

Power consumption

The Ryzen 5 240 has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving laptop makers a choice between improving battery life and giving the system they are working on more oomph. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for any system powered by the chip.

This Ryzen 5 series APU is built with TSMC's 4 nm process for high, as of late 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

► remove from comparison Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X CPU

The Ryzen 7 8745HS is a China-only Hawk Point family chip that never received an official launch. Targeted at gaming and productivity laptops but widely used in mini-PCs, too, the 8745HS features 8 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at up to 4.9 GHz, along with the still fairly capable Radeon 780M iGPU. There is no NPU here.

As an APU meant for use within China, this Ryzen 7 should be fully compliant with the Chinese government-approved cryptography standards.

The only difference between the 8745HS and the 8745H is the slightly lower default wattage of the latter, potentially leading to slightly lower clock speeds.

Performance

We fully expect this Zen 4 architecture processor to be about as fast as the Ryzen 7 7745HX (8 Zen 4 cores, 3.6 GHz to 5.1 GHz) meaning its multi-thread performance is a little better than the Core Ultra 9 185H but a few percentage points behind the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

Architecture and Features

Unlike Zen 3, Zen 4 features AVX512 support along with other improvements, like larger caches/registers/buffers across the board. Elsewhere, the 8745HS has 16 MB of L3 cache and a fast RAM controller (up to LPDDR5x-7500 and up to DDR5-5600). There are 20 PCI-Express 4 lanes for connecting devices such as NVMe SSDs (1.97 GB/s per lane) and graphics cards; USB 4 / Thunderbolt support is onboard, too. Please note that the APU isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable. It gets soldered on to the motherboard for good (FP7r2 or FP8 socket interfaces).

Graphics

The Radeon 780M (12 CUs / 768 shaders, up to 2,600 MHz) can drive 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p. It will also have little issue hardware-encoding and hardware-decoding the most widely used video codecs (AV1, AVC, HEVC). As far as gaming is concerned, many titles are still playable at 1080p as of early 2025 albeit with most settings dialed down do Lowest or Low.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving system makers a choice between improving battery life and making the system they're designing faster. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a laptop or a mini-PC built around this APU.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 240AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
CodenameHawk Point-HS (Zen 4)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
SeriesAMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)
Series: Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
AMD Ryzen 9 H 270 compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 270 compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 260 compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 H 260 compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS3.8 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS compare3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS compare3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 240 « 4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS compare4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS compare3.5 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 H 270 compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 270 compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 260 compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 H 260 compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS « 3.8 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS compare3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS compare3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2404.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS compare4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS compare3.5 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock4300 - 5000 MHz3800 - 4900 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB
L2 Cache6 MB8 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 12
6 x 5.0 GHz AMD Zen 4
8 / 16
8 x 4.9 GHz AMD Zen 4
TDP45 Watt35 Watt
Technology4 nm4 nm
Die Size178 mm2178 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2/FP8FP7r2/FP8
FeaturesDDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, USB 4, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
iGPUAMD Radeon 760M ( - 2600 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2600 MHz)
NPU / AI16 TOPS INT8
Chip AI31 TOPS INT8
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 240
39 pt (65%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 8745HS
38.2 pt (64%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
104 Points (52%)
min: 96     avg: 99     median: 98.5 (49%)     max: 103 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
654 Points (12%)
min: 696     avg: 813     median: 835 (16%)     max: 884 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
13013 Points (12%)
min: 12590     avg: 14565     median: 14717 (14%)     max: 16236 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1742 Points (71%)
min: 1378     avg: 1602     median: 1649.5 (67%)     max: 1731 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
674 Points (73%)
min: 623     avg: 644     median: 640.5 (70%)     max: 671 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
5096 Points (12%)
min: 5146     avg: 5790     median: 5831.5 (14%)     max: 6351 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2078 Points (13%)
min: 2029     avg: 2274     median: 2245 (14%)     max: 2578 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
270 Points (75%)
min: 252     avg: 260.5     median: 258.5 (72%)     max: 273 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 25.37     avg: 27.9     median: 27.8 (36%)     max: 30.54 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 3     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (74%)     max: 3.25 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6919     avg: 7191     median: 7156 (43%)     max: 7531 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 40818     avg: 43849     median: 44005 (32%)     max: 46569 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 72982     avg: 79350     median: 78787.5 (50%)     max: 86842 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 13252     avg: 13666     median: 13627.5 (17%)     max: 14155 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 70.237     avg: 85.2     median: 85.7 (1%)     max: 99.251 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 2.895     avg: 3.1     median: 3.2 (1%)     max: 3.235 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6655     avg: 6968     median: 6932.5 (11%)     max: 7352 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
55807 MIPS (32%)
min: 58207     avg: 62884     median: 62466.5 (36%)     max: 68394 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
6465 MIPS (76%)
min: 6047     avg: 6234     median: 6196 (73%)     max: 6497 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 116.3     avg: 131.7     median: 131.4 (3%)     max: 147.6 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 253.5     avg: 265.4     median: 260.3 (7%)     max: 287.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
16.6 fps (29%)
min: 15.7     avg: 17.6     median: 17.4 (30%)     max: 19.8 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.1     avg: 1.2     median: 1.3 (37%)     max: 1.3 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.7     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (33%)     max: 2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 11     avg: 12.5     median: 12.4 (32%)     max: 14.3 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
396 Seconds (5%)
min: 308     avg: 362     median: 364 (5%)     max: 412 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
245 Seconds (2%)
min: 197     avg: 224.5     median: 226 (2%)     max: 249 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
min: 0.4544     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.501 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12566     avg: 13815     median: 14260 (30%)     max: 14842 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.327     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (2%)     max: 7.767 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 18.261     avg: 19     median: 19 (1%)     max: 19.626 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
724 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 60822     avg: 72661     median: 74440 (57%)     max: 82438 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
18918 Points (47%)
min: 18094     avg: 20106     median: 19278 (47%)     max: 22774 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 68444     avg: 79105     median: 80154 (65%)     max: 85681 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 69930     avg: 79097     median: 79891.5 (65%)     max: 85797 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 82213     avg: 83827     median: 83423 (67%)     max: 85909 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
14642 Points (37%)
min: 13815     avg: 18616     median: 19706.5 (50%)     max: 20480 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
23130 Points (41%)
min: 20605     avg: 25351     median: 26417.5 (47%)     max: 28084 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
7841 Points (33%)
min: 7192     avg: 9695     median: 9973.5 (42%)     max: 11471 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 2550     avg: 2583     median: 2582.5 (60%)     max: 2615 Points
min: 2416     avg: 2509     median: 2522 (58%)     max: 2617 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 10754     avg: 10871     median: 10870.5 (42%)     max: 10987 Points
min: 9801     avg: 11092     median: 11341 (44%)     max: 12685 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2322     avg: 2395     median: 2376.5 (75%)     max: 2506 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 9428     avg: 10921     median: 11025.5 (45%)     max: 12206 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1921 Points (65%)
min: 1795     avg: 1852     median: 1865 (63%)     max: 1924 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
9527 Points (17%)
min: 9645     avg: 10461     median: 10214 (18%)     max: 11980 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1719     avg: 1772     median: 1761 (8%)     max: 1834 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9697     avg: 10399     median: 10100 (32%)     max: 11853 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7282     avg: 7531     median: 7430 (74%)     max: 7949 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 40481     avg: 42118     median: 41035 (40%)     max: 46057 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
546 ms (1%)
min: 522     avg: 551     median: 546.5 (1%)     max: 589 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
235 Points (61%)
min: 233     avg: 239.3     median: 236.5 (62%)     max: 251 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
289 Points (52%)
min: 282     avg: 291     median: 288.5 (52%)     max: 305 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1591 Points (59%)
min: 1552     avg: 1620     median: 1618.5 (61%)     max: 1689 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 240 +
82.3 Watt (14%)
min: 50.9     avg: 66.2     median: 60.7 (10%)     max: 92.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 50.5     avg: 70.9     median: 65.9 (12%)     max: 101.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 240 +
13.6 Watt (9%)
min: 5.51     avg: 7.5     median: 8 (5%)     max: 8.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 R5 240 +
6.8 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 25.4     avg: 33.7     median: 33.6 (25%)     max: 42 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 240 → 100% n=26

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS → 106% n=26

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