Intel Core i3-9300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i3-9300 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
Intel Core i3-9300 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-9300 or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - 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 Intel Core i3-9300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-9300 was released in Q2/2019.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was released in Q2/2022.
Intel Core i3 (205) Family AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21)
Intel Core i 9000 (34) CPU group AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9)
9 Generation 5
Coffee Lake S Refresh Architecture Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i3-8300 Predecessor AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
Intel Core i3-10300 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-9300 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.30 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.70 GHz).

Intel Core i3-9300 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.70 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.70 GHz
3.90 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.

Intel Core i3-9300 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
-- 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon 680M
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 2.00 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 6 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 12
192 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon 680M
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-9300 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i3-9300 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i3-9300 has a TDP of 62 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is 15 W.

Intel Core i3-9300 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
62 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-9300 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U cache has a total of 20.00 MB.

Intel Core i3-9300 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
14 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151 Socket FP7
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q2/2022
152 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-9300 (75%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-9300 (43%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1092 (74%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1469 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
3489 (47%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
7365 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1417 (75%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1899 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
3945 (48%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
8237 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (13%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.20 GHz
3379 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
7302 (35%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
20915 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
81 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
485 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1587 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
13421 (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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
595 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
5486 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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