AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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
2865 points
0.70% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5224 points
16% slightly better gaming score
4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2174 points
2388 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2086 points
2298 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.55 points
63.87 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3390 points
3751 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3358 points
3891 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1255 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.60 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
459% significantly lower TDP
84 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

562nd of 1,089
558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

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 i7-4790 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790 is faster than the Ryzen 3 4300U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4790 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 4300U. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 4300U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 4300U.

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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