Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 356H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
- Has 12 more physical cores
- Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
- More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) integrated graphics: 2.5 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
- Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2768 vs 2494 points
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4053 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#122nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1200 MB/sec | 729.9 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 119.5 Klines/sec | 43.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 241.3 pages/sec | 161.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 421.6 Mpixels/sec | 205.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 295.8 pages/sec | 274.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 60.7 images/sec | 39.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 117.9 images/sec | 80.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 22.9 Mpixels/sec | 9.85 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 83 GOps/sec | 39.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 102.9 GOps/sec | 27.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 325M Primes/sec | 44M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.4M Strings/sec | 16.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 26.5 GBytes/sec | 7.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 339.3 MBytes/sec | 156.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2860 Frames/sec | 716 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 28.3B Matrices/sec | 11.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 45.7 PPW | 17.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 636.6 PPW | 268.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1364.6 PPW | 472.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.25 PPW | 3.67 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 356H and AMD Ryzen AI 5 430General
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | January 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Panther Lake | Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) |
| Model number | 356H | 430 |
| Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) | Radeon 840M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 | - |
Intel CPU rating (#55th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#92nd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 1 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | 3 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 19x | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) | 15-28 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA2540 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (66th and 164th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) | Radeon 840M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2450 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 256 |
| TMUs | 32 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 4 | 4 |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200 |
- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 7 356H official page | AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 14 |
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