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AMD Ryzen 5 230 vs Ryzen 3 210

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AMD Ryzen 5 230
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51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 210
AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen 3 210

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 230 with 6-cores against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 3 210 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 210 and 230
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 230
vs
Ryzen 3 210

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 230 +5%
523
Ryzen 3 210
500
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 230 +6%
2568
Ryzen 3 210
2414
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 230 +49%
10218
Ryzen 3 210
6844
File compression 864 MB/sec 667.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.5 Klines/sec 42.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.1 pages/sec 148.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 265.5 Mpixels/sec 169.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 254.3 pages/sec 248.8 pages/sec
Background blur 46.9 images/sec 34.7 images/sec
Photo processing 78.2 images/sec 72.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.8 Mpixels/sec 9.09 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 230
3560
Ryzen 3 210 +5%
3723
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 230 +43%
19428
Ryzen 3 210
13573
Integer math 67.3 GOps/sec 37.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39 GOps/sec 23.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.1M Strings/sec 19.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.3 GBytes/sec 8.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 218.9 MBytes/sec 151.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 958 Frames/sec 820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 11.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 132 & 154 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 230 +91%
153.32
Ryzen 3 210
80.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.4 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 340.6 PPW 228.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 647.6 PPW 452.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.11 PPW 2.68 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 230 and Ryzen 3 210

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 230 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core 5 210H -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (85th and 107th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 1
P-Threads 12 2
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 3
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 30x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (138th and 187th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2600 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 8 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 230 +108%
2.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 210
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Radeon 760M

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page AMD Ryzen 3 210 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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