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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Ryzen 5 4500U

33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
VS
36 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-cores against the 2.3 GHz Ryzen 5 4500U with 6-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 4500U and 7520U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1491 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 5 4500U

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 5 4500U +17%
1491
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
Ryzen 5 4500U +12%
4717
File compression 394.8 MB/sec 513.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27 Klines/sec 29.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 91.2 pages/sec 94.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 127.6 Mpixels/sec 138.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 114.6 pages/sec 129.8 pages/sec
Background blur 23 images/sec 26.6 images/sec
Photo processing 38.3 images/sec 45 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.38 Mpixels/sec 6.49 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1108 & 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Ryzen 5 4500U +19%
10637
Integer math 30.6 GOps/sec 30.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 14.7 GOps/sec 21.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 20M Primes/sec 36M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.2M Strings/sec 14.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 6.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 132 MBytes/sec 122.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 432 Frames/sec 520 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1843 & 2999 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Ryzen 5 4500U +33%
67.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.6 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 281.3 PPW 188.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 595 PPW 425.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.41 PPW 2.72 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)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Ryzen 5 4500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 22, 2022 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon RX Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (174th and 170th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 23x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 8MB (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 5 4500U +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 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page AMD Ryzen 5 4500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 4 16

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Total votes: 58

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Comments

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