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

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...から: Kostadin Dimitrov 10 9月 2020 / 02:00 0

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 4300U / AMD 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 4300U	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 8
Base / Max frequency	2.70 – 3.70 GHz	2.00 – 4.10 GHz
Cache	4 MB Cache	8 MB Cache
TDP / up / down	15W / 25W / 10W	15W / 25W / 10W
Memory support	DDR4-3200MHz, 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.

GPU Benchmarks

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

Gaming capabilities

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
Ryzen 3 4300U	88 fps	59 fps	40 fps
Ryzen 7 4700U	87 fps	62 fps	46 fps

DOTA 2	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)	HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
Ryzen 3 4300U	98 fps	62 fps	32 fps
Ryzen 7 4700U	103 fps	65 fps	37 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.