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Intel Core i3-9300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 77 %
Intel Core i3-9300
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 48 %
Intel Core i3-9300
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-9300
4C / 4T · 4.30 GHz
1,417
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
1,928
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-9300
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
3,945
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
8,027
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-9300
4C / 4T · 4.30 GHz
1,092
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
1,355
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-9300
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
3,489
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
5,979

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)AMD Ryzen 5000G (17)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshCezanne (Zen 3)
Technology14 nm7 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2AM4 (PGA 1331)
PredecessorIntel Core i3-8300
SuccessorIntel Core i3-10300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
TDP62 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down45 W
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-9300AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ2/2019Q2/2022
Release price152 $159 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-9300
Intel Core i3-9300
4C / 4T · 3.70 - 4.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

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