AMD Ryzen 3 3300U vs Intel Core i7-3615QE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3300U and Intel Core i7-3615QE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16.11 GB
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1841 vs 1802
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5679 vs 5601
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 vs April 2012
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 16.11 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1841 vs 1802
PassMark - CPU mark 5679 vs 5601

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-3615QE

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-3615QE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1841
1802
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5679
5601
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3300U Intel Core i7-3615QE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1841 1802
PassMark - CPU mark 5679 5601

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U Intel Core i7-3615QE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Ivy Bridge
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 April 2012
OPN Tray YM3300C4T4MFG
Place in performance rating 1354 1392
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i7-3615QE
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.30 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 16.11 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3/DDR3L 1067/1333/1600

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz 1 GHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 6 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
CRT
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 35 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 31mm x 24mm (BGA 1023)

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 2x8 1x8 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)