AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs Intel Core i3-8300

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 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

2626 points
3% slightly better overall score
2527 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4310 points
4721 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2126 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
1919 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2033 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
1841 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
313% significantly lower TDP
62 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

604th of 1,089
621st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
8th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i3-8300 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8300 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3450U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3450U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-8300 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 5 3450U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8300. Despite this, the Core i3-8300 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U.

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 5 3450U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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