AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE vs Intel Core i7-10700 Comparison

The Intel Core i7-10700 and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE make for an unusual matchup: a Comet Lake desktop part from Intel's 10th Gen lineup against a Zen 4 based Phoenix2 chip on the AM5 platform. Despite launching nearly four years apart, the recorded data places them remarkably close in overall standing, with average benchmark scores of 19145 for the i7-10700 and 18505 for the Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE, and percentile rankings of 73 and 72 respectively. Yet the head-to-head record tells a more nuanced story: the AMD part wins 11 of the 17 recorded contests, while the Intel chip wins 6, often by wide margins in the tests it takes.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The Cinebench suite is a clean sweep for AMD, and a consistent one. In Cinebench R15 the Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE posts 1260 multi-core and 177 single-core against the i7-10700's 1099 and 155, margins of 12.8 and 12.4 percent respectively. Cinebench R20 repeats the pattern: 5254 versus 4582 multi-core and 741 versus 646 single-core, both 12.8 percent in AMD's favor. Cinebench R23 lands identically, with the AMD chip scoring 12511 against 10910 multi-core and 1766 against 1540 single-core, again 12.8 percent. That uniformity across three Cinebench generations is notable: it suggests a genuine architectural throughput advantage for Zen 4 rather than a quirk of any single test, and the AMD part wins both single- and multi-threaded variants despite having half the cores.

The Passmark single-thread results amplify that picture. The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE scores 3828 to the i7-10700's 2891, a 24.5 percent lead. Physics and prime number tests also go AMD's way, at 857 versus 794 (7.4 percent) and 52 versus 47 (9.6 percent). Data encryption is the most dramatic AMD win in the entire dataset: 9224 versus 5379, a 41.7 percent gap that points to strong cryptographic throughput on the newer design.

Intel's wins are fewer but often far larger, and they cluster in the computational subtests that scale with core count. Integer math goes to the i7-10700 at 62988 versus 40348, a 56.1 percent margin. Random string sorting is even more lopsided: 31585 versus 20134, 56.9 percent in Intel's favor. Floating point math lands at 38823 versus 25258 (53.7 percent), data compression at 252113 versus 162623 (55 percent), and extended instructions at 16160 versus 12313 (31.2 percent). The overall Passmark multithread score also favors Intel, 16161 to 14403, a 12.2 percent gap.

The pattern is clear. When a workload saturates all available threads in raw number-crunching, the i7-10700's eight cores and sixteen threads overpower the AMD chip's four cores and eight threads, sometimes by more than fifty percent. When a workload depends on per-core efficiency, memory subsystem, or cryptographic performance, the Zen 4 design wins consistently, and usually by double digits.

FAQ

Q: Which CPU is faster overall according to the database?

A: The average benchmark scores are 19145 for the i7-10700 and 18505 for the Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE, a narrow edge for Intel. However, the AMD chip wins 11 of 17 head-to-head tests, so the overall average is tilted by Intel's very large wins in a handful of compute subtests.

Q: Which CPU is better for single-threaded performance?

A: The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE, decisively. It leads by 24.5 percent in Passmark single-thread (3828 versus 2891) and by 12.8 percent in Cinebench R23 single-core (1766 versus 1540).

Q: Which CPU is better for heavily multi-threaded workloads?

A: It depends on the workload. The i7-10700 wins Passmark multithread by 12.2 percent and dominates integer math, floating point math, data compression, and string sorting by 31 to 57 percent. But the AMD chip actually wins Cinebench multi-core tests by 12.8 percent across R15, R20, and R23.

Q: How do these chips compare to their closest rivals?

A: The i7-10700 sits within 0.6 percent of the Intel Core 3 201E, the Intel Core i7-8700K, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, and the Intel Core i5-12400F. The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE is effectively tied with the Intel Core i5-13420H and the Intel Core i3-14100F, and sits 0.7 percent ahead of the Intel Core i3-13100 and the Intel Core 7 360.

Q: Which platform is more modern?

A: The AMD chip. It uses Socket AM5, DDR5 memory with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth, PCIe Gen 4 with 14 CPU lanes, and a 4 nm TSMC process. The i7-10700 uses Socket 1200, DDR4 at 46.9 GB/s, PCIe Gen 3 with 16 CPU lanes, and a 14 nm Intel process.

Q: Do either of these CPUs support ECC memory?

A: Only the Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE, which reports ECC support. The i7-10700 does not.

Where Each One Wins

The i7-10700 is the pick when the workload is broad and thread-hungry. Its eight cores and sixteen threads translate into a 12.2 percent Passmark multithread lead and crushing advantages in integer math (56.1 percent), random string sorting (56.9 percent), floating point math (53.7 percent), data compression (55 percent), and extended instructions (31.2 percent). Rendering farms, batch file compression, code compilation, and scientific number-crunching all favor the Intel chip based on this data. Its 16 MB of shared L3 cache, double the AMD part's 8 MB, reinforces that multi-threaded advantage when many cores are working on a shared dataset.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE is the pick when responsiveness per core matters most. Its 24.5 percent single-thread lead in Passmark and consistent 12.8 percent Cinebench advantage, in both single- and multi-core variants, make it the better fit for applications that lean on one or a few fast threads: everyday desktop work, lightly threaded creative applications, and interactive tasks. Its 41.7 percent win in data encryption makes it particularly strong for workloads with heavy cryptographic demands. The PRO designation also comes with practical platform features: ECC memory support, DDR5 bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s versus 46.9 GB/s, and a TDP of 35 watts against the Intel chip's 65 watts, a meaningful difference for compact or thermally constrained systems.

It is worth underlining the strangest result in the dataset: the AMD chip, with half the core count, wins every Cinebench multi-core test by 12.8 percent. Zen 4's per-core throughput is high enough that four cores outrun Comet Lake's eight in rendering workloads, even as the i7-10700 dominates other multi-threaded subtests. Buyers should therefore match the chip to their actual software mix rather than trusting core counts alone.

Specification Differences

The two chips diverge on nearly every specification. Core counts differ sharply: 8 cores and 16 threads for the i7-10700 versus 4 cores and 8 threads for the Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE. Base and boost clocks are close but favor AMD, at 3.40 and 4.90 GHz against Intel's 2.90 and 4.80 GHz. TDP splits them further: 65 watts for Intel, 35 watts for AMD.

Cache designs differ in structure. Both share 64 KB of L1 per core, but the i7-10700 carries 256 KB of L2 per core with 16 MB of shared L3, while the AMD chip pairs 1 MB of L2 per core with 8 MB of shared L3. Intel's larger L3 suits its many-core layout; AMD's larger L2 per core feeds its faster individual cores.

Platform support is the other major divide. The i7-10700 uses Socket 1200, DDR4 on a dual-channel bus with 46.9 GB/s of bandwidth, and PCIe Gen 3 with 16 CPU lanes. The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE uses Socket AM5, DDR5 with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and PCIe Gen 4 with 14 CPU lanes, and it supports ECC memory while the Intel part does not. Integrated graphics differ too: Intel's UHD Graphics 630 against AMD's Radeon 740M. Release dates sit far apart, April 2020 for Intel and April 2024 for AMD, and both carry locked multipliers.

Architecture Differences

The generational gap between these two designs is the root of the benchmark split. The i7-10700 is Comet Lake, Intel's 10th Gen architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. The Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE is Zen 4, codename Phoenix2, manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm node with 20,900 million transistors packed into a 137 mm² die. The recorded data lists no transistor or die size figures for the Intel chip, so a direct density comparison is not possible, but the node difference alone spans multiple process generations and shows in the results: the AMD design delivers far more work per core and does so at half the TDP.

That per-core efficiency is what carries the AMD chip to its 12.4 to 24.5 percent single-thread wins despite running fewer cores at only modestly higher clocks. Meanwhile, Intel's approach of doubling core count on an older node still pays off in throughput-heavy subtests, where sixteen threads of raw integer and floating point work beat four Zen 4 cores. The i7-10700's percentile rank of 73 against all CPUs in the database, versus 72 for the AMD chip, captures Ultimately: two very different architectural strategies landing in almost the same place overall, with sharply different strengths along the way.