[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Ryzen 7 4700U – a very commendable job by the 4300U

In the last few years AMD has taken the CPU world in a storm with the Ryzen line of processors. Not only do they offer spectacular performance but they also provide great value.

Since their release at the beginning of 2017 AMD has taken the top spot in the CPU world. In today’s comparison, we have the entry-mid level CPU Ryzen 3 4300U against the mid-high level Ryzen 7 4700. We are going to see how these processors perform against one another and how comparable are they.

More detailed specs here: AMD Ryzen 3 4300UAMD Ryzen 7 4700U

Specifications

In terms of specifications, we can see that the Ryzen 7 4700U is clearly the leader. The CPU has double the cores and threads plus a higher cache and a higher max frequency. All in all, it is better suited for every type of task with Ryzen 3 4300U only excelling in having a higher Base frequency.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UAMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Base / Max frequency2.70 – 3.70 GHz2.00 – 4.10 GHz
Cache4 MB Cache8 MB Cache
TDP / up / down15W / 25W / 10W15W / 25W / 10W
Memory supportDDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz
DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz

CPU Benchmarks

It comes to no surprise that the Ryzen 7 4700U does better than the Ryzen 3 4300U. In our benchmarks the Ryzen 7 4700U does from 20% to 67% better than the Ryzen 3 4300U.

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)


GPU Benchmarks

Again, in the GPU department, the Ryzen 7 takes the lead and does better than the Ryzen 3.

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)


Gaming capabilities

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GOHD 1080p, Low (Check settings)HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
Ryzen 3 4300U88 fps59 fps40 fps
Ryzen 7 4700U87 fps62 fps46 fps

DOTA 2HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
Ryzen 3 4300U98 fps62 fps32 fps
Ryzen 7 4700U103 fps65 fps37 fps

Conclusion

All in all, the Ryzen 7 4700U does better than the Ryzen 3 4300U. However, considering the difference between those two CPUs, the Ryzen 3 4300U does a very commendable job of keeping up with the Ryzen 7. Overall, these are both great CPUs and you can’t go wrong with either of them.

All laptops with AMD Ryzen 3 4300U:


All laptops with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U:

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