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AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs Ryzen 5 7520U

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with 8-cores against the 2.8 GHz Ryzen 5 7520U 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 7520U and 7730U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1270 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 6 versus 7 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 7730U
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

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 7 7730U +60%
2027
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +101%
8485
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 781.6 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 163.2 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.6 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 35.8 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 64.7 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.5 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1141 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +23%
2916
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +90%
16974
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Integer math 68.6 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 36.7 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 42M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 213 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 701 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.8B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2990 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 7730U +157%
131.16
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 40.1 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 565.7 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1131.6 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.74 PPW 3.41 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 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2023 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 1360P -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (131st and 174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 28x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 10.7 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 15 W
Socket FP6 FP6
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 8 2
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 7730U +300%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to RX Vega 8

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 4

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 96

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Comments

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