AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

3697 points
5462 points
47% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6008 points
6552 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3016 points
5074 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points
4955 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.06 points
141.38 points
88% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 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

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

462nd of 1,089
298th 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

-
No

Ryzen 3 4300G vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4300G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 4300G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4300G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4300G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. A Ryzen 3 4300G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X 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.

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