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AMD Ryzen AI 5 330
The Ryzen AI 5 330 is an entry-level Krackan Point laptop chip with one Zen 5 and three Zen 5c cores, eight threads, a two-compute-unit Radeon 820M and a 50 TOPS NPU. It has a 28 W default TDP, configurable down to 15 W, and supports LPDDR5X-8000 or DDR5-5600 memory.
Pros
- Single Zen 5 core boosts up to 4.5 GHz and scored about 2,576 in Geekbench 6 single-core in review testing
- 50 TOPS NPU (56 TOPS combined platform rating) for on-device AI features
- Configurable TDP of 15 to 28 W suits thin, efficient laptops
- Supports LPDDR5X-8000 or DDR5-5600, up to 256 GB, with USB4 and PCIe 4.0
Cons
- Four cores and eight threads; in review testing multi-core performance sat well below Ryzen AI 5 340 and Ryzen AI 7 350 laptops
- Radeon 820M has only 2 compute units and scored about 786 points in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics in review testing
- Only one full Zen 5 core; the other three are Zen 5c cores that top out at 3.4 GHz
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 28 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 4
- Performance cores
- 1
- Efficiency cores
- 3
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 8 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 820M
- iGPU clock
- 2,800 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8000 / DDR5-5600
- Max memory
- 256 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,576Top 49%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,814Bottom 23%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,812Top 38%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 7,840Bottom 22%
- PassMark
- 12,626Bottom 21%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,475Bottom 44%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 786Bottom 26%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 earns an Inno Score of 50.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen AI 5 330 is an entry-level Krackan Point laptop chip with one Zen 5 and three Zen 5c cores, eight threads, a two-compute-unit Radeon 820M and a 50 TOPS NPU. It has a 28 W default TDP, configurable down to 15 W, and supports LPDDR5X-8000 or DDR5-5600 memory.
Does the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 12,626 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier C of our CPU tier checker: older or low-power Core i7, and many recent Core i5 chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330?
Cores: 4 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 4.5 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330?
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.
