AMD Ryzen 5 7530U vs Intel Core i3-N305

Ryzen 5 7530U vs Core i3-N305 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7530U beats the Core i3-N305 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7530U. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7530U has more threads than the Core i3-N305. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7530U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7530U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.