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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

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The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U is a mobile processor for cheap laptops of the Mendocino series. It integrates four older Zen 2 cores (similar to the Ryzen 4000 series like the Ryzen 3 4300U). The CPU cores clock from 2.8 GHz (base) to 4.3 GHz (single core Turbo) and can use 4 MB L3 cache. Thanks to SMT/Hyperthreading, the CPU can work on 8 threads simultaneously. The integrated memory controller only supports fast LPDDR5 memory (5500 MHz max.).

The integrated graphics adapter (Radeon 610M iGPU) uses the modern RDNA 2 architecture, but only 2 CUs (128 shaders) and clocks with up to 1.9 GHz.

Performance

The average 7520U in our extensive database is in the same league as the Core i7-1185G7, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a so-so result and indicative of a lower mid-range chip, as of Q3 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Mendocino series chips are produced on a relatively modern 6nm FinFET process at TSMC and should offer a good power efficiency. The R5 7520U is rated at 8-15 W TDP and therefore well suited for thin and light laptops.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

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The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U is an APU of the Lucienne product family designed for leaner laptops. The Ryzen features eight Zen 2 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.3 GHz (Boost) as well as a Vega 8 iGPU. Thread-doubling SMT tech is enabled in this CPU for up to 16 concurrent processing threads.

Architecture

In spite of what its name may suggest, Ryzen 7 5700U is not a Zen 3 part, meaning this is a Ryzen 4000 series mobile processor in disguise. Nevertheless, the CPU is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and its performance as well as energy efficiency figures are very strong compared to what Intel currently has to offer in this segment.

The Ryzen 7 features 8 MB of Level 3 cache. Its built-in memory controller is designed to work with dual-channel DDR4-3200 or quad-channel LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Unlike the desktop Ryzen 5000 processors, Ryzen 7 5700U does not support PCI-Express 4.0, meaning those speedy NVMe SSDs will be limited to read/write rates of 3.9 GB/s.

The Ryzen gets soldered directly to the motherboard (FP6 socket) and is thus not user-replaceable.

Performance

The average 5700U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 4800U, Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U, Core i7-1365U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 35 W, the Schenker VIA 15 Pro is among the fastest laptops built around the 5700U that we know of. It can be roughly 50% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

In addition to its eight CPU cores, Ryzen 7 5700U features a Radeon RX Vega series graphics adapter with 8 CUs (= 512 shaders) running at up to 1,900 MHz. This iGPU trails behind the 96 EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 in synthetic benchmarks, yet its real-world performance is good enough for many games released in 2020 and 2021 at reasonable resolutions (up to Full HD 1080p) and low to medium quality. As the Vega has no VRAM of its own, it is paramount that fast system RAM is used.

The graphics adapter definitely supports UHD 2160p monitors at 60 Hz, and will gladly HW-decode AVC, HEVC and VP9-encoded videos. There is no AV1 support here though.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W; laptop makers are free to change that to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Most companies will go for a higher value to extract more performance out of the APU. By choosing the lowest value, it will be possible to build a passively cooled system around the chip, too.

The 7 nm TSMC process the R7 5700U is built with makes for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 7520UAMD Ryzen 7 5700U
CodenameMendocino-U (Zen 2)Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
SeriesAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Series: Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U « 2.8 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 7320U compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U « 1.8 - 4.3 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U compare2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U compare2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
Clock2800 - 4300 MHz1800 - 4300 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB512 KB
L2 Cache2 MB4 MB
L3 Cache4 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 88 / 16
TDP15 Watt25 Watt
Technology6 nm7 nm
FeaturesLPDDR5-5500 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
max. Temp.105 °C
SocketFP6

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 7520U
26.7 pt (44%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 5700U
30.7 pt (51%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 71     avg: 71.8     median: 71.8 (40%)     max: 72.5 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 327     avg: 388     median: 388 (7%)     max: 449 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
5149 Points (5%)
min: 4861     avg: 8411     median: 8650 (8%)     max: 10139 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1171 Points (49%)
min: 1177     avg: 1251     median: 1258 (53%)     max: 1268 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 250     avg: 350.5     median: 350.5 (38%)     max: 451 Points
min: 471     avg: 488.3     median: 490 (53%)     max: 495 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1281     avg: 1633     median: 1632.5 (4%)     max: 1984 Points
min: 1887     avg: 3198     median: 3352 (8%)     max: 3877 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
834 Points (5%)
min: 856     avg: 1427     median: 1480 (9%)     max: 1691 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
168.8 Points (47%)
min: 181     avg: 187     median: 188 (52%)     max: 190 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 14.59     avg: 15.7     median: 15.7 (20%)     max: 16.77 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.1     avg: 2.1     median: 2.1 (51%)     max: 2.18 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5640     avg: 5710     median: 5710 (34%)     max: 5780 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 27474     avg: 29303     median: 29302.5 (21%)     max: 31131 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
43374 Points (28%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9558 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 110.9     avg: 114.7     median: 114.7 (1%)     max: 118.528 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.492     avg: 3.8     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 4.154 s
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
100.1 s (0%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
3.5 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 3763     avg: 3834     median: 3834 (6%)     max: 3905 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
24219 MIPS (14%)
min: 29095     avg: 39534     median: 40443.5 (23%)     max: 47501 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4167 MIPS (49%)
min: 4402     avg: 4554     median: 4568 (54%)     max: 4620 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 72.4     avg: 72.4     median: 72.4 (24%)     max: 72.45 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 179.8     avg: 185.7     median: 185.7 (43%)     max: 191.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
6.3 fps (11%)
min: 6.08     avg: 9.5     median: 9.4 (16%)     max: 12.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1 GB/s (29%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.6 GB/s (28%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 6     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (20%)     max: 9.2 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1044 Seconds (13%)
min: 512     avg: 724     median: 698.5 (9%)     max: 1042 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
588 Seconds (4%)
min: 292     avg: 361.3     median: 352 (2%)     max: 557 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
min: 0.567     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.641 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 9219     avg: 10441     median: 10440.5 (22%)     max: 11662 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 10.137     avg: 17.4     median: 17.4 (4%)     max: 24.58 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 25.746     avg: 37.3     median: 37.3 (2%)     max: 48.81 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
1081 s (5%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
43846 Points (34%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
7743 Points (19%)
min: 6572     avg: 10765     median: 10996 (27%)     max: 13884 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
58709 Points (48%)
min: 52744     avg: 59187     median: 60195 (49%)     max: 61757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
58852 Points (48%)
min: 52803     avg: 57861     median: 59176.5 (48%)     max: 60286 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 59957     avg: 65887     median: 67166.5 (56%)     max: 69258 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
5521 Points (14%)
min: 8752     avg: 12023     median: 11830 (30%)     max: 14474 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
11558 Points (21%)
min: 10677     avg: 17341     median: 18102 (32%)     max: 20911 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
3442 Points (15%)
min: 3794     avg: 5537     median: 5627 (24%)     max: 6976 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
1374 Points (34%)
min: 1550     avg: 1587     median: 1591 (40%)     max: 1625 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
4434 Points (17%)
min: 4983     avg: 5606     median: 5643 (22%)     max: 6260 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
1338 Points (42%)
min: 1574     avg: 2340     median: 2339.5 (74%)     max: 3105 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
4253 Points (17%)
min: 7454     avg: 14229     median: 14228.5 (58%)     max: 21003 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1066 Points (42%)
min: 1105     avg: 1182     median: 1186 (46%)     max: 1205 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
3821 Points (7%)
min: 4254     avg: 6050     median: 6254 (11%)     max: 7635 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1131     avg: 1184     median: 1195 (5%)     max: 1213 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5290     avg: 6469     median: 6519.5 (21%)     max: 7546 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4336     avg: 4939     median: 5077 (51%)     max: 5264 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10274     avg: 22722     median: 26236.5 (26%)     max: 28141 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
849 ms (1%)
min: 791     avg: 805     median: 802.5 (1%)     max: 835 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
158.1 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 54912     avg: 56366     median: 56365.5 (43%)     max: 57819 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
155.3 Points (43%)
min: 158.5     avg: 176.6     median: 169.3 (47%)     max: 225 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
191.3 Points (34%)
min: 197.4     avg: 213.2     median: 215 (39%)     max: 222 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
960 Points (36%)
min: 866     avg: 1043     median: 1076 (40%)     max: 1183 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
35.5 Watt (6%)
min: 24.5     avg: 35.9     median: 30.3 (5%)     max: 53.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
37 Watt (7%)
min: 23.8     avg: 40.4     median: 41.8 (8%)     max: 60.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
3.8 Watt (2%)
min: 3.72     avg: 5.8     median: 5.2 (3%)     max: 10.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 4.54     avg: 6.8     median: 6.6 (7%)     max: 9.86 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
22.5 Points per Watt (17%)
min: 26.7     avg: 35.3     median: 34.1 (25%)     max: 45.4 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 7520U → 100% n=28

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 5700U → 147% n=28

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