AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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

3954 points
4218 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
0.17% slightly better gaming score
6354 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
3645 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
3553 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4569 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
110.04 points
26% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
960 KiB
274% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
417th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Core i5-1240P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1240P is faster than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3300X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1240P outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 3300X 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 Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3300X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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