Intel Core i5 10300H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 10300H, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 10300H and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
1121
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
4863
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
56
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
191
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
2539
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
8289
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math27.1 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math17.1 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search27 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort15 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption2.8 GB/sn/a
Data Compression117.9 MB/sn/a
Physics514 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions75 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
1512
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 10300H
4633
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression374.2 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.9 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser101.1 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering136 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing146.6 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur25.2 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing44.6 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing6.49 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 10300H
64.94
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 103 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 184.2 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 4.2 PPW 29.6 PPW
Blender / W 1.44 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced April, 2, 2020 April, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i5-10300H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 5.3 GHz
General
Cores count416
Threads count832
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidth8 GT/sn/a
Multiplier25x24
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 45 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket BGA-1440 FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2933 DDR5-5200
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 45.8 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 28
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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