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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ryzen 3 8300G

62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8700G with 8-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
56.9
(Average)
Value Index
58.3
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8300G and 8700G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2635 vs 2409 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 8700G
vs
Ryzen 3 8300G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#155th place)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8700G +85%
14225
Ryzen 3 8300G
7702
File compression 1440 MB/sec 915.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 108.2 Klines/sec 45.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 303.9 pages/sec 171.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 402.6 Mpixels/sec 153.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 272 pages/sec 253.1 pages/sec
Background blur 65.4 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
Photo processing 108 images/sec 81.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.6 Mpixels/sec 9.24 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 320 & 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 8700G +10%
3920
Ryzen 3 8300G
3550
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8700G +135%
31479
Ryzen 3 8300G
13368
Integer math 102.7 GOps/sec 37.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.7 GOps/sec 23.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 101M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 19.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.7 GBytes/sec 8.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 384 MBytes/sec 150.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1608 Frames/sec 772 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.9B Matrices/sec 11.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2204 & 61 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 8700G +150%
245.21
Ryzen 3 8300G
97.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.3 PPW 8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 218.8 PPW 118.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 484.3 PPW 205.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.77 PPW 1.51 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 3 8300G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 January 8, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 740M
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (54th and 121st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 1
P-Threads 16 2
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 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 8 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (74th and 113th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 12 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 8700G +246%
4.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 8300G
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Radeon 780M

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8700G official page AMD Ryzen 3 8300G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

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Total votes: 7

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Comments

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