i3-N300 vs Ryzen 3 3200U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3200U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.48

Core i3-N300 outperforms Ryzen 3 3200U by a whopping 131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17691140
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency15.0874.64
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen) (2019)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$309

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.6 GHz0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache192 KB96 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per module)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Core i3-N300.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes129
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 3200U 2.48
i3-N300 5.73
+131%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 3 3200U 3790
i3-N300 8776
+132%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 3 3200U 4258
+47.6%
i3-N300 2884

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 3 3200U 9284
i3-N300 12014
+29.4%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 3 3200U 3755
i3-N300 4261
+13.5%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 3 3200U 14.03
+24.7%
i3-N300 17.49

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 3 3200U 334
i3-N300 416
+24.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 3200U 129
+51.8%
i3-N300 85

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 3 3200U 2.2
i3-N300 2.6
+18.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 3 3200U 20
i3-N300 29
+47.9%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 3 3200U 98
i3-N300 107
+9%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 3 3200U 1613
i3-N300 1915
+18.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 3200U 1652
i3-N300 2674
+61.9%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 3200U 1485
+35.6%
i3-N300 1095

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 3200U 797
+27.2%
i3-N300 626

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 3200U 3372
+40.3%
i3-N300 2403

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 3200U 9082
i3-N300 11976
+31.9%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 3200U 139
+33.3%
i3-N300 104

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.48 5.73
Integrated graphics card 2.98 5.57
Recency 6 January 2019 3 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

i3-N300 has a 131% higher aggregate performance score, 86.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-N300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3200U in performance tests.


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