AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

12% slightly better overall score

2439 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

27% slightly better gaming score

3946 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1992 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1913 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

48.88 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2994 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

793 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2039 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

644 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

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 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

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

638th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2012 August

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 i7-3940XM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the Core i7-3940XM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3940XM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3940XM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3940XM. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3940XM outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2300X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 2300X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3940XM. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.