AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th 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

30% slightly better overall score

2094 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

26% slightly better gaming score

3994 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

1574 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

1508 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

32.25 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2606 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1041 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2913 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1094 points

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

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

705th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i5-6440HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2300X beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6440HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2300X thanks to a 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 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.