AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 8640U, vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 8640U and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
1780
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
1448
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
11289
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
10801
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
83
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
601
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
3557
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
3033
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
20409
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
18338
Integer Math68.3 GOps/s73.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math40.5 GOps/s38.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search69 M primes/s46 M primes/s
Random String Sort28.2 M strings/s24 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.1 GB/s14.6 GB/s
Data Compression231.2 MB/s228.5 MB/s
Physics1031 frames/s766 frames/s
Extended Instructions166 M matrices/s148 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
2519
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
2027
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
10308
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
8485
File Compression1080 MB/s781.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation71 KLines/s69 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser226.5 pages/s163.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering260.8 MP/sec266.1 MP/sec
Text Processing259.8 pages/s217.6 pages/s
Background Blur48.1 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Photo Processing94.5 frames/s64.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.5 MP/sec17.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
131.16

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 343.6 PPW 565.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 680.3 PPW 1222.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 40.1 PPW
Blender / W n/a 8.74 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced December, 6, 2023 January, 5, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon RX Vega 8

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.5 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier35x20x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion 10.7 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 15 W
Socket FP8 FP6
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 8640U the clear winner in this comparison.

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