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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
The Ryzen 5 7520U (codename Mendocino) pairs four Zen 2 cores with an RDNA 2-based Radeon 610M iGPU on a 6nm process, aimed at entry-level thin-and-light laptops. Its 8-15W configurable TDP and LPDDR5-5500 memory favor efficiency over raw performance.
Pros
- 6nm Zen 2 design paired with an RDNA 2-based Radeon 610M iGPU
- LPDDR5-5500 memory gives more bandwidth than DDR4-based rivals of its era
- 8-15W configurable TDP suits fanless and low-cost thin laptops
- Modern I/O for its class: DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1 and USB-C DP Alt Mode
Cons
- Only 4 cores and 8 threads, well behind 6- and 8-core Ryzen U-series chips
- Radeon 610M has just 2 compute units, limiting graphics performance
- Memory is capped at 16GB of LPDDR5
- Zen 2 cores are a generation behind the Zen 3 cores used in the 7530U and 7730U
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 6 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 4
- Performance cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 2.8 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.3 GHz
- L3 cache
- 4 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 610M
- iGPU clock
- 1,900 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-5500
- Max memory
- 16 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,374Bottom 7%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 4,434Bottom 8%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,171Bottom 13%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 5,149Bottom 15%
- PassMark
- 8,913Bottom 14%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U earns an Inno Score of 39.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 5 7520U (codename Mendocino) pairs four Zen 2 cores with an RDNA 2-based Radeon 610M iGPU on a 6nm process, aimed at entry-level thin-and-light laptops. Its 8-15W configurable TDP and LPDDR5-5500 memory favor efficiency over raw performance.
Does the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 8,913 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier D of our CPU tier checker: legacy Core i7 and budget chips, slower than recent Core i5 chips such as the i5-1235U. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U?
Cores: 4 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 4.3 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-10870H, Intel Core i7-10750H, Intel Core i7-1065G7 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
