AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE vs Intel Core i7-3960X

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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Price

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$ 768.00
$ 250.00
$ 518.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3752 points
1% slightly better overall score
3693 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5970 points
19% slightly better gaming score
4998 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3086 points
3261 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2962 points
3155 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.65 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
69.62 points

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

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
271% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

476th of 1,118
483rd of 1,118

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
2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 4300GE vs Core i7-3960X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 4300GE performs better than the Core i7-3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 4300GE that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4300GE. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4300GE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3960X. Also, the Ryzen 3 4300GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 4300GE CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 4300GE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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