AMD Ryzen 5 7530U vs Intel Core i5-3230M. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5025U/7030U Intel Core i 3000M
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  6x Zen 3 -
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.5 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Execution units
  7 16
• Generation
  9 7
• GPU Frequency
  2000 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  7 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2011
• Shader
  448 128
• Technology
  7 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR3-1600
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7530U and Intel Core i5-3230M Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  15 W -
• TDP down
  8 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7530U and Intel Core i5-3230M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Barcelo (Zen 3) Ivy Bridge H
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Codename
  Barcelo R -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 3 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2013
• Socket
  FP6 BGA 1023
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d