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AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
The Ryzen 7 7730U refreshes AMD's 7nm Zen 3 design (codename Barcelo-R) with eight cores, 16 threads and Radeon Vega 8 graphics inside a 15W TDP. It targets mainstream thin-and-light laptops that need strong multi-core performance without a discrete GPU.
Pros
- Eight Zen 3 cores and 16 threads fit inside a 15W TDP envelope
- Vega 8 integrated graphics adds light gaming and 4K/60Hz display output
- Supports up to 64GB of dual-channel DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4X-4267 memory
- Strong multi-core throughput for office and creative workloads at this power class
Cons
- Uses the same Vega graphics architecture and 7nm process introduced with the 2020 Ryzen 4000 series
- Single-core performance trails newer Zen 4-based Ryzen mobile chips
- PCIe 3.0 only, limiting storage and expansion bandwidth versus newer platforms
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 7 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon Vega 8
- iGPU clock
- 2,000 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,976Bottom 19%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,013Bottom 19%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,455Bottom 27%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 10,654Bottom 43%
- PassMark
- 16,909Bottom 39%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 7 7730U earns an Inno Score of 50.2/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 7 7730U refreshes AMD's 7nm Zen 3 design (codename Barcelo-R) with eight cores, 16 threads and Radeon Vega 8 graphics inside a 15W TDP. It targets mainstream thin-and-light laptops that need strong multi-core performance without a discrete GPU.
Does the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 16,909 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 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 7 7730U?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.5 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M2 (8-core), Intel Core i5-1335U, Intel Core i7-1260P — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
