Intel Core i3 N305 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i3 N305 against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 7730U and N305
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 51% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1339 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
601

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2027
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8485
File compression 447.7 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 41.7 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 123.7 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.8 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 167.4 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 42.1 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.03 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 789 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2916
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
16974
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.9 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.8M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 111 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 527 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.7B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1152 & 2990 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
58.26
131.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 351.8 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 625.1 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.88 PPW 8.74 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
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 N305 and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

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 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1360P
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 8
P-Threads - 16
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 8
Total Threads 8 16
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 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

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 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 20

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Choose between two processors
6 (46.2%)
7 (53.8%)
Total votes: 13

Comments

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