Intel Core Ultra 7 164U vs Intel Core i3-N300

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Intel Core Ultra 7 164U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-N300
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core i3-N300

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U or Intel Core i3-N300 - 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 Ultra 7 164U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U was released in Q1/2024.

The Intel Core i3-N300 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-N300 was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Core Ultra 7 (9) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) CPU group Intel Core i N300 (2)
1 Generation 13
Meteor Lake U Architecture Alder Lake N
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 14 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 1.10 GHz (4.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-N300 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-N300 is at 1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i3-N300
12 Cores 8
14 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (4.80 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
A-Core 1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Gracemont
0.70 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core --
0.40 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

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 Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i3-N300
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U or Intel Core i3-N300 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
-- GPU Generation 13
5 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 3
64 Compute units 32
512 Shader 256
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 12.1

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 Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
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 Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode 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 Ultra 7 164U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-N300 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i3-N300
LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR5-4800, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache 8.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 9
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 9 W, while the Intel Core i3-N300 has a TDP of 7 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i3-N300
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7 W
30 W TDP (PL2) --
15 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-N300 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 14.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Characteristic Intel Core i3-N300
7 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
BGA 2551 Socket BGA
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 309 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (100%)
Intel Core i3-N300 (59%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (100%)
Intel Core i3-N300 (49%)

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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 4.80 GHz
2164 (100%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1280 (59%)

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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 1.10 GHz
8665 (100%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4250 (49%)

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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.80 GHz
1785 (100%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz
640 (36%)

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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
920 (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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3760 (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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1060 (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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4193 (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 Ultra 7 164U Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
12C 14T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
9534 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U Intel Core i3-N300
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