AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 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

2473 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

36% slightly better gaming score

3684 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2115 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2044 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

85.61 points

126% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

4580 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1270 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

5219 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

1422 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

634th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

8th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i9-8950HK benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-8950HK performs better than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-8950HK 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X.

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.