Intel Core i5 8300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600: performance comparison
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Intel Core i5 8300H
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
We compared two CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 8300H (laptop) with 4-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you’ll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
- Review
- Differences
- Performance
- Specs
- Comments
Review
General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Core i5 8300H
48
Ryzen 5 2600
47
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Core i5 8300H
18
Ryzen 5 2600
29
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
Core i5 8300H
47
Ryzen 5 2600
51
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Core i5 8300H
36
Ryzen 5 2600
42
Key Differences
What are the key differences between 2600 and 8300H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8300H
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
- 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.
9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
- Unlocked multiplier
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
- Newer — released 5-months later
- Around 1.91 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8300H
+6%
1072
Ryzen 5 2600
1011
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8300H
4412
Ryzen 5 2600
+60%
7060
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 8300H
+2%
2294
Ryzen 5 2600
2246
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8300H
7492
Ryzen 5 2600
+77%
13226
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8300H
1021
Ryzen 5 2600
+1%
1033
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8300H
3533
Ryzen 5 2600
+59%
5619
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8300H and AMD Ryzen 5 2600
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | April 3, 2018 | September 11, 2018 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | — |
| Model number | i5-8300H | — |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | No |
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2. 3 GHz |
3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 34x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | — |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | — | 4. 8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1440 | AM4 |
| TDP | 45 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | — |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | — |
| Shading Units | 192 | — |
| TMUs | 24 | — |
| ROPs | 3 | — |
| Execution Units | 24 | — |
| TGP | 15 W | — |
Max. Resolution |
4096×2304 — 60 Hz | — |
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 8300H
0.38 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 2600
n/a
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.8 GB/s | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
| Official site | Intel Core i5 8300H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
Cast your vote
Choose between two processors
Core i5 8300H
2 (25%)
Ryzen 5 2600
6 (75%)
Total votes: 8
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