Ryzen 3 5300U vs i5-8650

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1096
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data38.52
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size126 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socket1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 6.04
Recency 1 September 2018 12 January 2021
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-8650 has 50% more physical cores.

Ryzen 3 5300U, on the other hand, has 95.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 3 5300U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8650 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 5300U is a notebook one.


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