AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series 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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Intel Core i7-5930K

Price

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$ 146.63

$ 443.32 significantly less expensive

$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3697 points

3870 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6008 points

10% slightly better gaming score

5431 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3016 points

3361 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points

3246 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.06 points

98.86 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

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 GHz

8% 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

462nd of 1,089

448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

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

Ryzen 3 4300G vs Core i7-5930K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5930K is faster than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4300G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 4300G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 4300G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5930K. A Ryzen 3 4300G 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 4300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.