AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

2740 points
2898 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points
20% slightly better gaming score
4205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points
2534 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points
2452 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points
84.75 points
124% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points
7276 points
117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points
2112 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6.5 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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