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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Ryzen 3 5300U

33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U against the 2.6 GHz Ryzen 3 5300U. 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 (1)

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 5300U and 7520U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1467 vs 1270 points
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7520U
vs
Ryzen 3 5300U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 7520U
1270
Ryzen 3 5300U +16%
1467
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 394.8 MB/sec 363 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27 Klines/sec 30 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 91.2 pages/sec 86.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 127.6 Mpixels/sec 138.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 114.6 pages/sec 125.9 pages/sec
Background blur 23 images/sec 26.3 images/sec
Photo processing 38.3 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.38 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1108 & 623 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 30.6 GOps/sec 28.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 14.7 GOps/sec 17.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 20M Primes/sec 18M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.2M Strings/sec 13.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 7.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 132 MBytes/sec 125.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 432 Frames/sec 409 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6B Matrices/sec 8.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1843 & 1371 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Ryzen 3 5300U +17%
59.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.6 PPW 10 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 281.3 PPW 178.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 595 PPW 369 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.41 PPW 2.38 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 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-13 (kot99)GeekBench1444 / 4688
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AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Ryzen 3 5300U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 22, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon RX Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (174th and 172nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 26x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 6 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP6
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 128 384
TMUs 8 24
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units 2 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 5300U +140%
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 6 compared to Radeon 610M

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-5500 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page AMD Ryzen 3 5300U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 4 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 3 5300U or Ryzen 5 7520U?
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Jose October 1, 2024 at 02:22 PM
The Ryzen 3 5300u it's a really good choice in the entry level.
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