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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 3 8300G

45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with 6-cores against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 3 8300G with 4-cores. 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
VS
44.2
(Average)
Value Index
58.3
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8300G and 5600G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2409 vs 1938 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5600G
vs
Ryzen 3 8300G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 409 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2218 -
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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 5 5600G
1938
Ryzen 3 8300G +24%
2409
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 773.3 MB/sec 915.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.7 Klines/sec 45.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 141.5 pages/sec 171.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 231 Mpixels/sec 153.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 210.7 pages/sec 253.1 pages/sec
Background blur 42.1 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
Photo processing 55.6 images/sec 81.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.2 Mpixels/sec 9.24 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1112 & 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600G
3178
Ryzen 3 8300G +12%
3550
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600G +47%
19626
Ryzen 3 8300G
13368
Integer math 66.9 GOps/sec 37.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.8 GOps/sec 23.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.3M Strings/sec 19.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.2 GBytes/sec 8.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.9 MBytes/sec 150.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 889 Frames/sec 772 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 11.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 15922 & 61 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5600G +53%
150.02
Ryzen 3 8300G
97.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.9 PPW 8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 127.5 PPW 118.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 301.9 PPW 205.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.31 PPW 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
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-05 (krek)Cinebench 2026433 / 2333
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Zhyn)Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Chakib)Cinebench 202483 / 575
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-07 (TakoyakiCandil)Cinebench 202492 / 646
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (GreyArcanine)Cinebench 2026409 / 2218
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AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 3 8300G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 13, 2021 January 8, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon 740M
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (140th and 121st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 1
P-Threads 12 2
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.9 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 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 10.7 billions 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (131st and 113th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 448 256
TMUs 28 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 7 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600G +31%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 8300G
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to RX Vega 7

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page AMD Ryzen 3 8300G official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 14

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Comments

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