AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i7-6560U

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i7-6560U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2300U beats the Core i7-6560U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U 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 i7-6560U. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6560U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6560U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300U 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.

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 2300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.