AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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
5158 points
68% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points
6248 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points
4785 points
88% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points
4674 points
92% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points
129.70 points
93% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points
5343 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1083 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points
5518 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1116 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
768 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

531st of 1,089
332nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Ryzen 7 2700 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700 beats the Ryzen 3 5300U in overall performance. 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 Ryzen 7 2700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5300U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 2700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 2700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. The Ryzen 7 2700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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