AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs MediaTek MT8173

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AMD Ryzen 3 5300U CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8173
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U MediaTek MT8173

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U or MediaTek MT8173 - 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 5300U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U was released in Q1/2021.

The MediaTek MT8173 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8173 was released in Q1/2015.
AMD Ryzen 3 (33) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Ryzen 5000U (Lucienne) (3) CPU group MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 (3)
4 Generation 1
Lucienne (Zen 2) Architecture Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz). The MediaTek MT8173 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Characteristic MediaTek MT8173
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz) A-Core 1.80 GHz
2x Cortex-A72
-- B-Core 1.40 GHz
2x Cortex-A53

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 5300U Characteristic MediaTek MT8173
-- 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 6 (Renoir) GPU PowerVR GX6250
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
1.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
9 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 1
6 Compute units 2
384 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 10

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 6 (Renoir) GPU PowerVR GX6250
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 5300U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8173 can connect up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Characteristic MediaTek MT8173
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-933
32 GB Max. Memory 2 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the MediaTek MT8173 is --.

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Characteristic MediaTek MT8173
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U has a 6.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek MT8173 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Characteristic MediaTek MT8173
7 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
FP6 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 (27%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 (16%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1154 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
331 (29%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3232 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
768 (24%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1457 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
348 (24%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3372 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
610 (18%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
PowerVR GX6250 @ 0.70 GHz
90 (8%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9923 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
609 (6%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1119 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
5379 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
439 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2059 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
24 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1934 (100%)
MediaTek MT8173 MediaTek MT8173
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U MediaTek MT8173
Unknown Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017)

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