AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i7-3930K

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Intel Core i7-3930K
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2011
Intel Core i7-3930K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    114%
  • Intel Core i7-3930K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    130%
  • Intel Core i7-3930K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3930K
    101%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
65 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3930K

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsSandy Bridge-E
Release DateMar 2019vsNov 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs435mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XIntel Core i7-3930K
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
TDP65 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    4816 points
  • Intel Core i7-3930K
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    20769 points
  • Intel Core i7-3930K
    23040 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (simulated)
    201.62
  • Intel Core i7-3930K (simulated)
    154.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (simulated)
    1108.86
  • Intel Core i7-3930K (simulated)
    1122.91

points - higher is better