AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5930K

Price

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$ 249.99

$ 339.96 significantly less expensive

$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points

3870 points

53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

5431 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points

3361 points

74% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points

3246 points

75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points

98.86 points

105% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points

5398 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points

1136 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

5677 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

1222 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

624th of 1,089

448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1300X vs Core i7-5930K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5930K beats the Ryzen 3 1300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1300X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 1300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1300X. According to our data, the Ryzen 3 1300X and Core i7-5930K have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.