Ryzen 3 8300G: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen 3 8300G
2024
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
9.01

Ryzen 3 8300G provides acceptable benchmark performance at 9.01% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Ryzen 3 8300G sales 8 January 2024 at a recommended price of $176. This is a Phoenix2 architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4900 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM5 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Ryzen 3 8300G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking854
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation32.45
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency13.12of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$176of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed3.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4.9 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography4 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size137 mm2
Number of transistors20,900 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 8300G compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketAM5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 8300G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
Precision Boost 2+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 8300G's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 3 8300G.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes14of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 3 8300G. Overall benchmark performance 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 8300G 9.01

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.

Ryzen 3 8300G 14316

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Ryzen 3 8300G's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen 3 8300G 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 3 8300G is Core i5-10600K, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 3 8300G:

Core i7-6900K 101.11
Ryzen 3 8300G 100

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Recommended GPUs

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