AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U vs AMD Athlon II X3 435

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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X3 435
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Athlon II X3 435

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U or AMD Athlon II X3 435 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U was released in Q4/2022.

The AMD Athlon II X3 435 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 435 was released in Q3/2009.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
AMD Ryzen 5025U/7030U (9) CPU group AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12)
4 Generation 1
Barcelo (Zen 3) Architecture Rana
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U is 2.00 GHz (4.50 GHz) while the AMD Athlon II X3 435 has 3 CPU cores and 3 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 435 is at 2.90 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 435
8 Cores 3
16 Threads 3
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.90 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 435
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Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U or AMD Athlon II X3 435 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
2.00 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The AMD Athlon II X3 435 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 435
LPDDR4X-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1333
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache 1.50 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U is 15 W, while the AMD Athlon II X3 435 has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 435
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
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8 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon II X3 435 is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 1.50 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 435
7 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
FP6 Socket AM3
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2022 Release date Q3/2009
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 (25%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 (11%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1460 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
360 (25%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
7300 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
927 (13%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
19670 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
1670 (8%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
82 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
496 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1857 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
6714 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C 3T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz
2048 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon II X3 435
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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