AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 3 4300U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-9700KF
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Intel Core i7-9700KF

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U or Intel Core i7-9700KF - 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 Ryzen 3 4300U has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U was released in Q1/2020.

The Intel Core i7-9700KF has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-9700KF was released in Q4/2018.
AMD Ryzen 3 (33) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Ryzen 4000U (11) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
3 Generation 9
Renoir (Zen 2) Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Successor Intel Core i7-10700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Core i7-9700KF has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.90 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Characteristic Intel Core i7-9700KF
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.70 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.90 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.60 GHz

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 Ryzen 3 4300U Characteristic Intel Core i7-9700KF
-- 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
5 Compute units --
320 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-9700KF can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Characteristic Intel Core i7-9700KF
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i7-9700KF is 95 W.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Characteristic Intel Core i7-9700KF
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-9700KF cache has a total of 12.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Characteristic Intel Core i7-9700KF
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP6 Socket LGA 1151-2
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q4/2018
-- Release price 520 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U (81%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U (40%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1058 (81%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1302 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2655 (36%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
7421 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1340 (84%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1589 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3140 (43%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
7361 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
42 (31%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
134 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
7510 (52%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
14555 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
167 (78%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
214 (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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
578 (38%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1520 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
74 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
532 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1336 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
10326 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
425 (100%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1502 (100%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 (Renoir) @ 1.40 GHz
896 (100%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
288.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
557 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4164 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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