AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 146.63

$ 74.99

$ 71.64 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3697 points

5931 points

60% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6008 points

7969 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3016 points

5267 points

74% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points

5102 points

75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.06 points

141.88 points

89% significantly 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

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

3 MiB

49% 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

462nd of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 4000 G-Series Desktop

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 4300G vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Ryzen 3 4300G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4300G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 4300G. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 4300G. 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 Ryzen 5 5500. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5500 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 4300G. The Ryzen 5 5500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.