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AMD Ryzen 7 250 vs Ryzen 5 230

61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 250
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 250 with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 230 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 230 and 250
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 250
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 250
vs
Ryzen 5 230

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 7 250 +58%
826
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 250 +11%
11322
Ryzen 5 230
10218
File compression 1060 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.3 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 233.7 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 316.4 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 254.9 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 49.6 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 91 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.8 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 250 +3%
3678
Ryzen 5 230
3560
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 250 +29%
25034
Ryzen 5 230
19428
Integer math 91.5 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.2 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 72M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.8M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 300.5 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1138 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.6B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 531 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 250 +39%
212.91
Ryzen 5 230
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 27.5 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.4 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 834.5 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.1 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 7 250
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (PRAVEEN PRO)Geekbench 6 CPU2463 / 9185
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-11 (Nidhin)Cinebench 2024101 / 826
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-17 (Sanky)Geekbench 6 CPU2526 / 9803
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Shrifty)Cinebench 2024103 / 774
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-27 (Arkblade)Geekbench 6 CPU2473 / 9614
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 250 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 - 230
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Intel Core 5 210H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (57th and 85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 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) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (89th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 250 +52%
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Radeon 780M

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
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 250 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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