Intel Core i5-3230M vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M AMD Ryzen 4000G
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Core Configuration
  - 8x Zen 2

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
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  16 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  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 No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 4700 and Intel Core i5-3230M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 51.2 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 3.0 x 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD Ryzen 7 4700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD Ryzen 7 4700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Renoir (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2013 Q2/2022
• Socket
  BGA 1023 AM4
• Technology
  22 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM