AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i7-2600K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 5300U beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.