AMD is refreshing its mobile Ryzen family this year with the Ryzen AI 400 series to replace last year's Ryzen AI 300 series. The newest mid-range model is the Ryzen AI 5 430 commonly found on budget to midrange laptops including the recent Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 15. How does the Ryzen AI 430 compare to the 2025 Ryzen AI 5 330 that it directly replaces?
According to our initial benchmarks below, the Ryzen AI 5 430 is only an improvement in certain aspects while being nearly the same in others. For example, when running multi-threaded benchmarks like Blender, 7-Zip, or CineBench xT, the Ryzen AI 5 430 would perform within 5 percent of the older Ryzen AI 5 330. On the other hand, the newer CPU could run up to 30 percent faster in single-threaded benchmarks like R 2.5 or LibreOffice. Turbo Boost performance is nevertheless limited either way.
Meanwhile, the integrated GPU has been upgraded from the Radeon 820M to the Radeon 840M for a performance increase of 1.5x to 2x according to 3DMark. While the percentage increase is significant, don't be fooled into thinking that the CPU is fit for gaming as it's still only as powerful as the aging Iris Xe 96 EUs and nowhere near as powerful as the Radeon 880M or 890M currently available on Ryzen AI 7 or Ryzen AI 9 CPUs.
As far as power consumption goes, the Ryzen AI 5 430 is nearly the same as its predecessor if not just a couple of watts more demanding on average. Performance-per-watt is therefore significantly improved when it comes to graphics but it is otherwise largely unchanged when it comes to running multi-threaded operations.
More benchmarks and comparisons can be found on our full review of the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 15.
Allen Ngo - Lead Editor U.S.
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After graduating with a B.S. in environmental hydrodynamics from the University of California, I studied reactor physics to become licensed by the U.S. NRC to operate nuclear reactors. There's a striking level of appreciation you gain for everyday consumer electronics after working with modern nuclear reactivity systems astonishingly powered by computers from the 80s. When I'm not managing day-to-day activities and US review articles on Notebookcheck, you can catch me following the eSports scene and the latest gaming news.
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