AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i7-8700

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i7-8700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700 performs better than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 5300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5300U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. Also, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700 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 5300U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U.

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.