AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

2845 points
22% slightly better overall score
2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5224 points
22% slightly better gaming score
4281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2174 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2086 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.55 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
34.51 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3390 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1893 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
629 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3358 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1910 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1255 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.3 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

562nd of 1,089
654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 4300U vs Core i5-2500K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 4300U performs better than the Core i5-2500K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 4300U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 4300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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