AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs AMD Ryzen 3 5400U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000U AMD Ryzen 5000U
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Laptops / Desktops
• Generation
  6 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Zen 2 -
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz 4 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz

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 12
• Execution units
  2 6
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz 1600 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  2 6
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2020
• Shader
  128 384
• Technology
  6 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 5400U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  44 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5 DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 3 5400U 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 15 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  8 W 10 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 10-25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 3 5400U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) Cezanne (Zen 3)
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Mendocino Cezanne
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Part Number
  100-000000770 -
• Release date
  2022-09-20 2021-01-12
• Socket
  FT6 FP6
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000288