i3-7310U vs Ryzen 3 4300U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1272	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	29.53	no data
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	4 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	27	27
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Die size	156 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP6	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

Intel HD Graphics 620

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i3-7310U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.64	2.42
Recency	6 January 2020	4 July 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm

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