AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 5000 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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Intel Core i7-5820K

Price

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$ 84.99

$ 344.96 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3909 points

4081 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5963 points

8% slightly better gaming score

5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3276 points

3634 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3146 points

3527 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.79 points

95.66 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5686 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5383 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1740 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1134 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5405 points

5467 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1769 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

440th of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 5000 G-Series Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 5300G vs Core i7-5820K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Ryzen 3 5300G. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5300G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 5300G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 5300G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K 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 5300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.