AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i7-960

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

1995 points

0.71% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

10% slightly better gaming score

3216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points

1629 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points

1563 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1700 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1672 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

492 points

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

3.2 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.46 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089

719th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August

2009 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i7-960 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-960 is faster than the Ryzen 3 2300U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-960 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-960 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.