Intel Core i3-8300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i3-8300 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X beats the Core i3-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-8300 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. A Core i3-8300 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8300. 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. For instance, the Core i3-8300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.