AMD Ryzen 7 253: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 253 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 10.46% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
AMD started Ryzen 7 253 sales 2 June 2026. This is a Hawk Point-H (Zen 4) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FP7r2/FP8 processor. It supports DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 7 253 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 992 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) | |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-H (Zen 4) (2024−2026) | |
| Release date | 2 June 2026 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 5 332) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 253 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Socket | FP7r2/FP8 |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 253. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | USB 4, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A | |
| AVX | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 253's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 253.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2500 MHz) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 7 253. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 7 253 is Core Ultra 5 226V, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 7 253:
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