Intel Core i3-3217U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

678 points
5312 points
683% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1344 points
7287 points
442% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

505 points
4672 points
825% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

490 points
4523 points
823% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

7.15 points
124.29 points
1638% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

616 points
6235 points
912% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

293 points
1560 points
432% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
6
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W
282% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,038th of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-3217U vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4500 beats the Core i3-3217U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3217U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3217U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3217U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3217U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3217U. A Core i3-3217U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 4500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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