AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

5158 points

17% slightly better overall score

4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points

6525 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

3630 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089

400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Ryzen 5 7430U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly 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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.