AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5-10300H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 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

8441 points
180% significantly better overall score
3013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8453 points
74% significantly better gaming score
4838 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8426 points
240% significantly better multitasking score
2475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8413 points
254% significantly better heavy workload score
2374 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points
189% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2972 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
335% significantly higher Blender score
63.60 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19000 points
272% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
5106 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9929 points
148% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4001 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1667 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1338 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points
144% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4049 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1380 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
200% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
200% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

138th of 1,125
558th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i5-10300H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900X is faster than the Core i5-10300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10300H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-10300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10300H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10300H. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10300H outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X thanks to a 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 9 3900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10300H. The Ryzen 9 3900X 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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