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AMD Ryzen 5 240 vs Ryzen 5 230

55 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 240
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen 5 240
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 240 against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 230. 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 230 and 240
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 240
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2568 vs 2263 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 240
vs
Ryzen 5 230

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 240 +17%
611
Ryzen 5 230
523
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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 5 240
2263
Ryzen 5 230 +13%
2568
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 240 +1%
10290
Ryzen 5 230
10218
File compression 1010 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 75.8 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 233.9 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.3 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.7 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 53.5 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 95.8 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.2 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 240 +3%
3680
Ryzen 5 230
3560
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 240 +17%
22665
Ryzen 5 230
19428
Integer math 73.3 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.4 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 70M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.4M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.9 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 268 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1057 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20.2B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 136 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 240 +10%
168.47
Ryzen 5 230
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.3 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 190.6 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 419.7 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.12 PPW 5.11 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 240
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 240 and Ryzen 5 230

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 240 230
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U - Intel Core 5 210H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (89th and 85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 35x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (147th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2600 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 8 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 240
2.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230
2.7 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 760M benchmarks

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 5 240 official page AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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