AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4404 points
6405 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6525 points
9018 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3759 points
5593 points
48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3630 points
5403 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

86.99 points
153.60 points
76% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
3.50 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

400th of 1,089
227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Ryzen 5

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 7430U vs Ryzen 5 8640HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8640HS is faster than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7430U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. Also, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 7430U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8640HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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