AMD Ryzen 3 7440U: First benchmarks show strong single-core performance

AMD recently introduced the Ryzen 3 7440U “Phoenix” APU, the only Zen 4 quad-core chip released so far. The first benchmarks of the processor have now surfaced on Geekbench and show quite promising results.

The Ryzen 3 7440U is the entry-level Phoenix APU in the Ryzen 7040 stack and features 4 Zen 4 cores, 8 threads, a base clock of 3.0 GHz and a boost clock of up to 4.7 GHz. The chip has 4 MB of L2 and 8 MB of L3 cache and is rated to run at 28W (configurable TDPs of 15-30W). The APU also features a Radeon 740M iGPU based on the RDNA-3 graphics architecture with 4 compute units.

In benchmark testing, the AMD Ryzen 3 7440U “Phoenix” APU scored 2323 points in single-core and 6571 points in multi-core tests on Geekbench 6. The CPU ran at its maximum 4.7 GHz across all Zen 4 cores and was tested on a SolidRun Bedrock R7000 Mini PC, which features a passively cooled design, support for DDR5 SO-DIMM memory (16 GB in testing), and a variety of IO features.

The Ryzen 3 7440U “Phoenix” APU’s performance is well ahead of other quad-core processors in single-thread benchmarks thanks to the Zen 4 IPC boost and clock speed improvements. However, in the multi-core category, Intel’s Raptor Lake and Alder Lake chips lead due to higher TDP and cache amounts, but the 7440U at 28W is an extremely efficient chip.

A desktop Zen 4 quad-core APU should eventually be the fastest quad-core chip, but it remains to be seen if AMD will offer anything other than 8-core and 6-core APUs for AM5. Still, the Ryzen 3 7440U “Phoenix” APU is a promising chip for those looking for an efficient quad-core processor.

Source: WccfTech