Core i7-2600K vs Ryzen 3 4300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 4300U
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
4.81
+35.5%

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking11901454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.32
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Core i7 (Desktop)
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)9 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$317
Current price$520 $120 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm32 nm
Die size156 mm2216 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C73 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million1,160 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K 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 configuration11
SocketFP6LGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Identity Protectionno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s21 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 5Intel HD Graphics 3000
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 4.81
+35.5%
i7-2600K 3.55

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 35% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 7446
+35.8%
i7-2600K 5485

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 36% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 1247
+86.7%
i7-2600K 668

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 87% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 3366
+45.5%
i7-2600K 2313

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 46% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 6068
i7-2600K 6669
+9.9%

Core i7-2600K outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 10% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 563
i7-2600K 614
+9.1%

Core i7-2600K outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 9% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 164
+27.1%
i7-2600K 129

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 27% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 3.2
i7-2600K 3.3
+3.1%

Core i7-2600K outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 3% 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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 2397
i7-2600K 3486
+45.4%

Core i7-2600K outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 45% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 35
i7-2600K 37
+4.3%

Core i7-2600K outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by 4% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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%

Ryzen 3 4300U 172
+18.8%
i7-2600K 145

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 19% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 3 4300U 13134
+13.7%
i7-2600K 11547

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 14% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 3 4300U 4042
+34.1%
i7-2600K 3015

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 34% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 3 4300U 11281
+45.5%
i7-2600K 7754

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-2600K by 45% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.81 3.55
Integrated graphics card 4.66 0.66
Recency 6 January 2020 9 January 2011
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt

The Ryzen 3 4300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-2600K in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 4300U is a notebook processor while Core i7-2600K is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-2600K, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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