AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 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
5252 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
7672 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
4530 points
40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
4376 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
5457 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
120.41 points
38% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
80% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
7 MiB
250% 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
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Core i5-13420H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13420H performs better 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 i5-13420H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3300X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3300X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3300X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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

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