Intel Core i3-10300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 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
3% slightly better overall score
3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5880 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5548 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3053 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2936 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
2883 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4527 points
6064 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1156 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4824 points
5310 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1520 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
768 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

461st of 1,089
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-10300 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10300 beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-10300 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10300. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10300 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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 7 PRO 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10300. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly more 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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