AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7 7820X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 7820X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 7820X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (11MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i7 7820X +4%

1252

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i7 7820X +125%

7510

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1035

Intel Core i7 7820X +8%

1120

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i7 7820X +147%

8504

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

Intel Core i7 7820X +7%

2536

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i7 7820X +126%

17189

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i7 7820X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7820X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

99 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

4

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

11 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7820X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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