AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7-2700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 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

2740 points

5% slightly better overall score

2597 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

31% slightly better gaming score

3839 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2213 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2133 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

44.33 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2222 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

627 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2293 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

672 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

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

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

608th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2011 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 2300X vs Core i7-2700K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2300X is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2700K has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 2300X and Core i7-2700K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2700K 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 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.