AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-5820K

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2021
AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
Intel Core i7-5820K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5820K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    150%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    168%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    131%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 68% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 31% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
75 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-5820K.
Around 50% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5820K

None

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
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
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameCezannevsHaswell-E
Release DateApr 2021vsSep 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 6vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8MBvs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs356mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-5820K
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    23424 points
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    26611 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (simulated)
    238
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    141

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (simulated)
    1342.7
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    1022

points - higher is better