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Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

Intel Core i7-4790K

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The Intel Core i7-4790K is a high end quad-core desktop processor using the Haswell architecture. It was announced in the second quarter of 2014 and was the top model of the 4000 series consumer processors. Compared to the Core i7-4770K, the 4790K offers 500 MHz more base and turbo clock speed and reaches 4.4 GHz. 

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

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The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir family. The 4300U integrates four cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture (quad core CPU). They are clocked at 2.7 (guaranteed base clock) to 3.7 GHz (Turbo) without SMT / Hyperthreading support (4 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the faster Ryzen 5 4000 CPUs (e.g., Ryzen 5 4600U), the Ryzen 3 only offers 4 cores and lower Turbo clock speeds.

In addition to the four CPU cores, the APU also has the Radeon RX Vega 5 integrated graphics card with 5 CUs and up to 1400 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 4 MB of Level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4300U in our database matches the Core i5-1035G4 and the Core i5-11300H, both quad-core chips, in multi-thread performance. Technically a lower mid-range CPU, this Ryzen is light years ahead of Intel Pentiums and AMD Athlons that so many sub-US$500 laptops ship with.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of our system is.

Power consumption

The Ryzen 3 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with performance and clock speeds changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build passively cooled tablets, laptops, mini-PCs around this APU.

The 7 nm TSMC process the Ryzen 3 4300U is manufactured on makes for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-4790KAMD Ryzen 3 4300U
SeriesIntel Core i7 (Desktop)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameHaswellRenoir-U (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Intel Core i7-4790K « 4 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4790 compare3.6 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770K compare3.5 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4790S compare3.2 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4790T compare2.7 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U compare2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U compare1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U compare2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U compare2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U compare2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U compare2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U « 2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock4000 - 4400 MHz2700 - 3700 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache8 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 4
TDP88 Watt15 Watt
Transistors1400 Million
Technology22 nm7 nm
Die Size177 mm2
SocketFCLGA1150FP6
FeaturesHD Graphics 4600 (Turbo 1350 MHz), DDR3-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDDR4-3200/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
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 4600 (350 - 1250 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$339 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com
max. Temp.105 °C

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - 4790K
31 pt (43%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R3 4300U
28.4 pt (39%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
3571 Points (3%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1074 Points (46%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
407 Points (45%)
min: 412     avg: 420.3     median: 422 (47%)     max: 427 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2043 Points (5%)
min: 1432     avg: 1537     median: 1571 (4%)     max: 1609 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 806     avg: 850     median: 846 (5%)     max: 890 Points
min: 545     avg: 563     median: 562.5 (4%)     max: 580 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 168     avg: 172.8     median: 174 (52%)     max: 176 Points
min: 162.8     avg: 163.9     median: 163.9 (49%)     max: 165 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 4790K +
min: 9.05     avg: 9.2     median: 9.1 (12%)     max: 9.4 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 4790K +
min: 1.92     avg: 2     median: 2 (49%)     max: 2.07 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 4790K +
min: 6398     avg: 6558     median: 6520 (39%)     max: 6756 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 4790K +
min: 24857     avg: 25258     median: 25082 (18%)     max: 25835 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 4790K +
min: 31767     avg: 32779     median: 32596 (23%)     max: 33974 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 4790K +
min: 8528     avg: 8679     median: 8597 (10%)     max: 8911 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 174.8     avg: 185.4     median: 185.4 (2%)     max: 196 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 5.585     avg: 5.9     median: 5.9 (1%)     max: 6.3 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5534 Points (9%)
2397 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
25134 MIPS (14%)
min: 15043     avg: 15824     median: 15824 (9%)     max: 16605 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4979 MIPS (60%)
min: 4014     avg: 4064     median: 4063.5 (49%)     max: 4113 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 50.7     avg: 51.6     median: 51.6 (18%)     max: 52.4 fps
35 fps (12%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 180     avg: 189.2     median: 189.2 (44%)     max: 198.3 fps
172.3 fps (40%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
7.1 fps (12%)
min: 4.37     avg: 4.9     median: 4.9 (9%)     max: 5.36 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.43     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (0%)     max: 0.44 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.77     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.831 GB/s
0.6 GB/s (10%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5 GB/s (13%)
3.2 GB/s (8%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1310     avg: 1414     median: 1413.5 (18%)     max: 1517 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 506     avg: 509     median: 508.5 (4%)     max: 511 Seconds
min: 868     avg: 888     median: 887.5 (6%)     max: 907 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.652     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.686 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8442     avg: 9326     median: 9485 (20%)     max: 9615 Points
6068 Points (13%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 7     avg: 7.7     median: 7.7 (2%)     max: 8.4 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 18     avg: 18.5     median: 18.5 (1%)     max: 18.9 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 437     avg: 448.5     median: 448.5 (2%)     max: 460 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 30076     avg: 32048     median: 32372 (28%)     max: 32834 Points
20566 Points (18%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 9898     avg: 10753     median: 10886 (29%)     max: 11304 Points
6487 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 54775     avg: 57738     median: 57555.5 (47%)     max: 60983 Points
57907 Points (47%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 56383     avg: 58092     median: 58091.5 (47%)     max: 59800 Points
63885 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 56530     avg: 61027     median: 61551.5 (52%)     max: 63023 Points
66341 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 8055     avg: 8538     median: 8598.5 (22%)     max: 8838 Points
5660 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 11449     avg: 12153     median: 12201 (22%)     max: 12585 Points
8220 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 4528     avg: 4788     median: 4838 (20%)     max: 4970 Points
2874 Points (12%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1027     avg: 1047     median: 1046.5 (44%)     max: 1066 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3330     avg: 3439     median: 3438.5 (6%)     max: 3547 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1036 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3358 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4940 Points (49%)
4517 Points (45%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
17483 Points (19%)
13503 Points (15%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5104 Points (69%)
4404 Points (60%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
16612 Points (40%)
12789 Points (31%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 15390     avg: 15557     median: 15557 (28%)     max: 15724 Points
13134 Points (23%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 4176     avg: 4418     median: 4418 (86%)     max: 4660 Points
4042 Points (79%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
13741 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4291 Points (64%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
9458 Points (76%)
8680 Points (70%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
8861 Points (80%)
6660 Points (60%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
16703 Points (33%)
14171 Points (28%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
14900 Points (30%)
11775 Points (24%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
13779 Points (36%)
11281 Points (30%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 871     avg: 1138     median: 972 (1%)     max: 1571 ms
min: 907     avg: 974     median: 973.5 (1%)     max: 1040 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 72.4     avg: 118.1     median: 137 (2%)     max: 145 ms
102.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 20765     avg: 32789     median: 37851 (34%)     max: 39752 Points
33152 Points (30%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
152.3 Points (44%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 185     avg: 194     median: 194 (40%)     max: 203 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
871 Points (33%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 223     avg: 224     median: 224 (39%)     max: 225 Watt
33.4 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 4790K +
min: 170     avg: 170.5     median: 170.5 (31%)     max: 171 Watt
31.7 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.3 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4790K → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 4300U → 80% n=37

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