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AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
The Ryzen 5 7430U is a six-core, 12-thread Zen 3 (Barcelo-R) laptop processor on a 7nm process, boosting to 4.3GHz with 16MB of L3 cache and a 15W default TDP. It includes Radeon graphics with 7 compute units at up to 1800MHz and is aimed at budget and everyday laptops.
Pros
- Six Zen 3 cores and 12 threads within a 15W default TDP
- 16MB of L3 cache and a boost clock of up to 4.3GHz
- Integrated Radeon graphics with 7 compute units at up to 1800MHz, so a discrete GPU is not needed for everyday use
- Dual-channel DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4X-4267 memory, up to 64GB
- Used in a wide range of budget laptops, so there are many models to choose from
Cons
- Specifications match the older Ryzen 5 5625U, so it is a rebranded Zen 3 design rather than a new architecture
- No DDR5 or PCIe 4.0 support: memory is limited to DDR4/LPDDR4X and the platform is PCIe 3.0
- Vega-based graphics with 7 compute units are limited for modern 3D games
- No NPU for on-device AI features
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 7 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 2.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.3 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon Vega 7
- iGPU clock
- 1,800 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,852Bottom 13%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 6,142Bottom 14%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,382Bottom 17%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 7,477Bottom 21%
- PassMark
- 15,070Bottom 29%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 2,889Bottom 22%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U earns an Inno Score of 47.5/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 5 7430U is a six-core, 12-thread Zen 3 (Barcelo-R) laptop processor on a 7nm process, boosting to 4.3GHz with 16MB of L3 cache and a 15W default TDP. It includes Radeon graphics with 7 compute units at up to 1800MHz and is aimed at budget and everyday laptops.
Does the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 15,070 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.3 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core 5 210H, Apple M1 (8-core), Intel Core i5-1240P — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
