AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 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

16% slightly better overall score

2436 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5224 points

43% significantly better gaming score

3645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2174 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

2073 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2086 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

2006 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.55 points

58.56 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3390 points

3618 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1163 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3358 points

3733 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1255 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

86% significantly lower TDP

28 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

562nd of 1,089

640th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 4300U vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 4300U beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4300U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8279U CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 4300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.