AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Intel Core i3 8300
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i3 8300 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i3 8300 's Advantages
Lower TDP (62W vs 65W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+579%
3240
Intel Core i3 8300
477
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+1777%
14815
Intel Core i3 8300
789
General Parameters
Feb 2025
Release Date
Apr 2018
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i3-8300
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
62 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
38
Multiplier
-
80 K per core
L1 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
-
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
-
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
192 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
2
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5.0
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
