AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i5-7300U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 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

1981 points
71% significantly better overall score
1153 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points
58% significantly better gaming score
2228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points
75% significantly better multitasking score
867 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points
74% significantly better heavy workload score
833 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.6 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089
910th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i5-7300U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2300U is faster than the Core i5-7300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 3 2300U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7300U. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-7300U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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