AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i7 7740X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 7740X with 4 cores 4.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 42.7GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 112W)

Intel Core i7 7740X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +8%

1685

Intel Core i7 7740X

1553

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +6%

5874

Intel Core i7 7740X

5516

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +3%

1337

Intel Core i7 7740X

1291

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +11%

5577

Intel Core i7 7740X

5001

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

2660

Intel Core i7 7740X +3%

2759

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +28%

12651

Intel Core i7 7740X

9824

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

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Intel Core i7 7740X

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-7740X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

112 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

38x

Multiplier

43x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7740X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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