Ryzen 3 4300U vs Core i5-9300H
Aggregated performance score
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1135 | 1154 |
| Place by popularity | 83 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core i5 | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019) | Renoir-U (Zen 2) |
| Release date | 30 April 2019 (4 years old) | 6 January 2020 (4 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | no data |
| Current price | $861 (3.4x MSRP) | $520 |
Technical specs
Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 149 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9800 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1440 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| My WiFi | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| SIPP | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4, DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 41.8 GB/s | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.05 GHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| DVI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2304@30Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096 x 2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096 x 2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 2% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 2% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 34% in 3DMark06 CPU.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 40% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 5% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 47% in TrueCrypt AES.
WinRAR 4.0
WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 136% in WinRAR 4.0.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 12% in x264 encoding pass 1.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 41% in x264 encoding pass 2.
Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i5-9300H by 5% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.
Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Core i5-9300H outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 18% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 4.93 | 4.82 |
| Integrated graphics card | 3.08 | 4.65 |
| Recency | 30 April 2019 | 6 January 2020 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Core i5-9300H and Ryzen 3 4300U. The differences in performance seem too small.
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