Intel Core i3-10300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3697 points
3827 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5880 points
6332 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3053 points
3095 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2936 points
2970 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4824 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1520 points
1535 points
0.99% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

461st of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-10300 vs Ryzen 5 5500H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500H performs better than the Core i3-10300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10300 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Core i3-10300 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500H has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10300. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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