Intel Core i5-8300H vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i5-8300H vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Core i5-8300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8300H. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8300H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8300H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8300H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8300H. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.