AMD Athlon II X4 750K vs Intel Core i3-8300

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AMD Athlon II X4 750K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-8300
AMD Athlon II X4 750K Intel Core i3-8300

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X4 750K or Intel Core i3-8300 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon II X4 750K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 750K was released in Q4/2012.

The Intel Core i3-8300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8300 was released in Q4/2017.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Athlon II X4 (Trinity) (2) CPU group Intel Core i 8000 (20)
3 Generation 8
Trinity Architecture Coffee Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i3-7300
-- Successor Intel Core i3-9300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X4 750K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz). The Intel Core i3-8300 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K Characteristic Intel Core i3-8300
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 3.70 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K Characteristic Intel Core i3-8300
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X4 750K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8300 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K Characteristic Intel Core i3-8300
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X4 750K has a TDP of 100 W, that of the Intel Core i3-8300 is 62 W.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K Characteristic Intel Core i3-8300
100 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 62 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X4 750K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-8300 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K Characteristic Intel Core i3-8300
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM2 Socket LGA 1151-2
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2012 Release date Q4/2017
65 $ Release price 125 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X4 750K (51%)
Intel Core i3-8300 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X4 750K (43%)
Intel Core i3-8300 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
503 (48%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1040 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1341 (39%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3425 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
2832 (45%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
6242 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
86 (54%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
158 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
276 (44%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1296 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3868 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)

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