Intel Core i3-N305 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

2781 points
4404 points
58% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4373 points
6525 points
49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2279 points
3759 points
64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2166 points
3630 points
67% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.57 points
86.99 points
99% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
2.30 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

573rd of 1,089
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i3 N-series
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-N305 vs Ryzen 5 7430U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7430U is faster than the Core i3-N305. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has more threads than the Core i3-N305. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-N305 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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