AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 120.00
$ 469.95 significantly less expensive
$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3954 points
2% slightly better overall score
3870 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
17% slightly better gaming score
5431 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
3361 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
3246 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
6034 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
98.86 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5688 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5398 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1136 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5677 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1222 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% 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
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
115% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

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 i7-5930K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3300X performs better than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3300X that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3300X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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