AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 120.00
$ 98.75
$ 21.25 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3954 points
38% slightly better overall score
2865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
42% slightly better gaming score
4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
35% slightly better multitasking score
2388 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
2298 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
107% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2441 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
63.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5688 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3751 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3891 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.60 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
29% slightly lower TDP
84 W

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

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

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 i7-4790 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3300X performs better than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790. Also, the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its 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 3300X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4790. The Ryzen 3 3300X also has significantly more 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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