AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1 – The red team wins again, 4300U has up to 50% better performance

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1 - The red team wins again, 4300U has up to 50% better performance

From: Tencho Stoyanov 17 July 2020 / 09:19 2

If you are looking to buy a laptop for gaming or desktop work, then when it comes to processors, only two companies can claim to have exactly what you need. Intel the former champ is on the losing side now, and AMD, the underdog for many years is now the titleholder. Both of these organizations have an almost religious following when it comes to their respective stock.

Intel has more expensive merchandise, and they used to have the best-performing CPUs. These days, the best performance comes with AMD and that comes with consumer-friendly prices too. AMD also has bigger jumps in their performance every generation while Intel makes only small steps. You can see that for yourself in some of our earlier articles – AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Ryzen 7 3700U – last year’s champ is today’s “nothing special” and Intel Core i7-10750H vs Core i7-9750H – just a refresh.

Quick specs

Intel’s processor Core i3-1005G1 has 2 cores and 4 threads, so it supports multithreading. Each core can go up to 3.40 GHz which is lower than its adversary. It’s made through a 10 nm process which is the smallest Intel can go. When it comes to the TDP, it starts at 13 W but it can go up to 25W.

AMD’s Ryzen 3 4300U has 4 cores and 4 threads – no multithreading but more physical cores. Every core’s frequency can go from 2.70 GHz up to 3.70 GHz. The size of the process is 7 nm, which is AMD’s smallest. The minimum TDP is 10 W, while its max is the same as Intel’s Core i3-1005G1, which is 25 W.

More detailed specs here – AMD Ryzen 3 4300U / Intel Core i3-1005G1

Specs table

Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 4300U	Intel Core i3-1005G1
Cores / Threads	4 / 4	2 / 4
Base / Max frequency	2.70 – 3.70 GHz	1.20 – 3.40 GHz
Cache	4 MB Cache	4 MB Cache
TDP / up / down	15 W / 25 W / 10 W	15 W / 25 W / 13 W
Memory support	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-3733MHz

CPU Benchmarks

AMD’s CPU dominates in both tests with a 45.5% advantage in the 3D Rendering and a 3.61-second difference in the Photoshop benchmark.

3D Rendering

Results are from the Cinebench 20 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14")

1657

Intel Core i3-1005G1 Acer Swift 3

817

With a 29.15% average advantage, AMD bests Intel in the graphics tests as well.

Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (4300U)	88 fps	59 fps	40 fps
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (1005G1)	51 fps	34 fps	20 fps

DOTA 2	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)	HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (4300U)	98 fps	62 fps	32 fps
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (1005G1)	61 fps	37 fps	22 fps

Performance summary (gaming tests)

The 50% average advantage along with the fact that AMD’s known for being affordable, makes this the superior integrated GPU when it comes to gaming.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U over AMD Ryzen 5 3500U	CS:GO	DOTA2	Average
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (4300U)	+57%	+44%	+50%
Intel UHD Graphics G1(1005G1)	–	–	–

Verdict

The performance of the AMD processor, along with its integrated graphics, dominated the tests. It had higher scores in the CPU benchmarks, better results in the GPU tests, and higher fps. The Ryzen 3 4300U is superior when it comes to performance, so it all comes down to pricing.