Intel Core 5 210H vs AMD Ryzen 5 230

50 out of 100
Intel Core 5 210H
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 230

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core 5 210H with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD 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.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 230 and 210H
Advantages of Intel Core 5 210H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 230
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
575

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2568
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10218
File compression 727.5 MB/sec 864 MB/sec
Clang compilation 73.5 Klines/sec 66.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 210 pages/sec 209.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 256.1 Mpixels/sec 265.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.1 pages/sec 254.3 pages/sec
Background blur 48.8 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 77.7 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.6 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)
3560
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18167
19428
Integer math 61.3 GOps/sec 67.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.9 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.4M Strings/sec 26.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.1 GBytes/sec 13.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 216.9 MBytes/sec 218.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1030 Frames/sec 958 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.3B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1108 & 132 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
130.38
153.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 17.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 198.6 PPW 340.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 403.7 PPW 647.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.9 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
Intel Core 5 210H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-27 (Sathish)Cinebench 2024105 / 585
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 -> drspaceloveGeekbench 6 CPU2360 / 8806
AMD Ryzen 5 230
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 210H and AMD Ryzen 5 230

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 210H 230
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 230 - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#147th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (194th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 230 +145%
2.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 210H official page AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 10

Comments

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