AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

3954 points
6306 points
59% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
8479 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
5619 points
73% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
5454 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
163.82 points
88% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points
9274 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points
2302 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
4.30 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
54 W
20% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3300X performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3300X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3300X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 3300X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3300X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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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