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    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-7400

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    Intel Core i5-7400
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    Intel Core i5-7400

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7400

    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X.
    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared


    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    Precision Boost
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    vPro
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    ArchitectureAMD_Zen_PlusvsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsKaby Lake
    Release DateAug 2018vsSep 2016

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageµOPGA-1331vs
    Die Size210mm²vsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i5-7400
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Turbo Clock Speed4200 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      4620 points
    • Intel Core i5-7400
      3960 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      15400 points
    • Intel Core i5-7400
      15840 points

    Points - higher is better

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