AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

2740 points

10% slightly better overall score

2483 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

9% slightly better gaming score

4619 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

1885 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

1808 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

52.71 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3635 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1267 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

3649 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

1305 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

632nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i5-4690K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2300X is faster than the Core i5-4690K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 3 2300X and Core i5-4690K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690K CPU because of its slightly 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 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.