AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th 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
2006 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points
4% slightly better gaming score
3386 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points
1610 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points
1539 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points
2710 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points
895 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (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
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
23% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089
715th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i7-8650U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300U performs better than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8650U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U.

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.

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