AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Ryzen 3 4300U vs Core i9-8950HK comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Ryzen 3 4300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4300U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 4300U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4300U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 4300U. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 4300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-8950HK CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 3 4300U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK 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.