AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i5-4200M

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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
173% significantly better overall score
1121 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points
118% significantly better gaming score
2225 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points
204% significantly better multitasking score
833 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points
203% significantly better heavy workload score
799 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points
255% significantly higher Blender score
18.84 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

5522 points
241% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
1618 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points
116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1625 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
849 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1716 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
876 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
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
146% significantly lower TDP
37 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

531st of 1,089
918th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2013 November

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 i5-4200M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5300U performs better than the Core i5-4200M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200M 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 i5-4200M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200M. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4200M. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4200M 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 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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