AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 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
31% slightly better overall score
2085 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points
43% significantly better gaming score
3523 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
1671 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score
1597 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points
43.52 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2622 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
878 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% 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% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 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
706th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i7-8550U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the Core i7-8550U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8550U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8550U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 2300X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8550U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.

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