AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-7740X

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2021
AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
Intel Core i7-7740X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
4300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
Intel Core i7-7740X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    119%
  • Intel Core i7-7740X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    110%
  • Intel Core i7-7740X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    128%
  • Intel Core i7-7740X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

10% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
47 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 i7-7740X.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7740X

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 i7-7740X
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 i7-7740X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameCezannevsKaby Lake-X
Release DateApr 2021vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-7740X
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 6vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-7740X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8MBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-7740X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2066
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA2066
Die Sizeunknownvs308mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GIntel Core i7-7740X
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs4300 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs112 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i7-7740X
    5520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
    23424 points
  • Intel Core i7-7740X
    24768 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (simulated)
    238
  • Intel Core i7-7740X (simulated)
    214.67

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (simulated)
    1342.7
  • Intel Core i7-7740X (simulated)
    1047.53

points - higher is better