AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

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

2610 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

4142 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points

2155 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points

2070 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points

3551 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

1125 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points

3629 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points

1171 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.8 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089

607th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

7th Generation Core i7

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

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i7-7700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Ryzen 3 2300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700HQ 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.