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Intel Core i3 N305 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Intel Core i3 N305
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i3 N305 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7530U and N305
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • 44% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1934 vs 1339 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 N305
vs
Ryzen 5 7530U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 N305
1339
Ryzen 5 7530U +44%
1934
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305
5277
Ryzen 5 7530U +30%
6856
File compression 447.7 MB/sec 595.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 41.7 Klines/sec 55.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 123.7 pages/sec 106.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.8 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 167.4 pages/sec 208.1 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 42.1 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.03 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 789 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 N305
2040
Ryzen 5 7530U +46%
2979
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305
9377
Ryzen 5 7530U +59%
14949
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 55.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.9 GOps/sec 30.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.8M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 111 MBytes/sec 179.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 527 Frames/sec 647 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.7B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1152 & 2030 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 N305
58.26
Ryzen 5 7530U +85%
107.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 351.8 PPW 457.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 625.1 PPW 996.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.88 PPW 7.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 N305
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-13 (Aleman82)Geekbench 6 CPU1264 / 3791
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Kbzabeto82)Geekbench 6 CPU1264 / 3791
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AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 N305 and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-N305 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 6
P-Threads - 12
Base Frequency (P) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 20x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 9-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 256 448
TMUs 16 28
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 N305
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7530U +200%
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 N305 official page AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 20

Cast your vote

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3 (10.7%)
25 (89.3%)
Total votes: 28

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Comments

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