AMD Ryzen 5 vs AMD Ryzen 7

Hamzii786 · 19 Apr 2021 at 15:27

Hi,

I’m looking to buy a laptop with 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD with AMD Ryzen 5 4500u or AMD Ryzen 7 4700u.

Is it worth paying a bit more for the AMD Ryzen 7 4700u over the 5?

tamzzy · 19 Apr 2021 at 15:32

Probably...depends on what you use the laptop for, I guess. But you do get 2 extra CPU cores and 1 extra GPU core (fwiw)
I went for the 4800U for my laptop

The_Arbiter · 19 Apr 2021 at 15:33

Depends on cost and usage.

That is the only answer i could possibly give i'm afraid.

Joxeon · 19 Apr 2021 at 16:01

I just brought a 4500u laptop for my son for school and a bit of light gaming on the side and after having a play with it myself I have to say I'm really impressed, feels very snappy and scores 2300 in cinebench R20 which is just shy of a desktop 7700k while only using 25w.

In regards to the 4700u being worth it over the 4500u then it depends what type of workloads you're planning on doing.