AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 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

3069 points
182% significantly better overall score
1086 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points
128% significantly better gaming score
2128 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points
211% significantly better multitasking score
812 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points
211% significantly better heavy workload score
780 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points
277% significantly higher Blender score
17.73 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points
238% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1041 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
523 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points
256% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1017 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points
139% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
505 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
Identical
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

531st of 1,089
927th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2013 February

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 5300U vs Core i5-3230M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5300U performs better than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 3 5300U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-3230M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 5300U and Core i5-3230M are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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