AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 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

3795 points
3898 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6072 points
24% slightly better gaming score
4888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3112 points
3569 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2990 points
3461 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.06 points
181.21 points
141% significantly higher Blender 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 GHz
5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

474th of 1,121
463rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 3 4300G vs Ryzen 5 240 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 240 beats the Ryzen 3 4300G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4300G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 240 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 240 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 4300G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4300G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 240 outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 4300G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 4300G. The Ryzen 5 240 also has significantly more 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 4300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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