AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i3-8300

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i3-8300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1500X beats the Core i3-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1500X. The Core i3-8300 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a slightly 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 5 1500X has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8300. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.