AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 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
3124 points
57% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points
5019 points
41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points
2564 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points
2462 points
69% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points
4415 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points
1357 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points
4402 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points
1403 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.4 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
486% significantly lower TDP
88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089
520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

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 i7-4790K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790K performs better than the Ryzen 3 2300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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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