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AMD Ryzen 3 8300G vs Ryzen 3 4300G

48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
VS
36 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 8300G against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 3 4300G. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
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58.3
(Average)
Value Index
16.1
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4300G and 8300G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2409 vs 1767 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 3 8300G
vs
Ryzen 3 4300G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 688
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1067
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 3 8300G +36%
2409
Ryzen 3 4300G
1767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 3 8300G +18%
7702
Ryzen 3 4300G
6551
File compression 915.3 MB/sec 694.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.4 Klines/sec 40.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 171.9 pages/sec 153.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 153.2 Mpixels/sec 191.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 253.1 pages/sec 143.1 pages/sec
Background blur 38.2 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 81.3 images/sec 75.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.24 Mpixels/sec 9.26 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 & 92 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 3 8300G +45%
3550
Ryzen 3 4300G
2452
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 3 8300G +33%
13368
Ryzen 3 4300G
10084
Integer math 37.3 GOps/sec 30.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 23.4 GOps/sec 18 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.7M Strings/sec 14.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.6 GBytes/sec 8.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 150.6 MBytes/sec 140.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 772 Frames/sec 464 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.5B Matrices/sec 9.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 61 & 335 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8 PPW 5.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 118.5 PPW 100.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 205.7 PPW 155.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.51 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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📘 2026-06-16 (Noname1454644)GeekBench1399 / 3765
📘 2026-06-16 (Noname1454644)Cinebench 2026688 / 1067
📘 2023-10-31 (AUK93)Cinebench 202468 / 339
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 3 8300G and Ryzen 3 4300G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 July 21, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon Vega 6
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (121st and 169th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 1 4
P-Threads 2 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 3 -
E-Threads 6 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 20.9 billions 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (113th and 156th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2600 MHz 1700 MHz
Shading Units 256 384
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 4 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 3 8300G
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 4300G
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 6 compared to Radeon 740M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 3 8300G official page AMD Ryzen 3 4300G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 12

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