Intel Core i5 9300H vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 9300H, vs AMD Ryzen 7 170. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 9300H and AMD Ryzen 7 170
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 9300H
1126
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
4742
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
47
AMD Ryzen 7 170
86
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
172
AMD Ryzen 7 170
720
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
2272
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
7507
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Integer Math25.2 GOps/s83 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math15.8 GOps/s46.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search23 M primes/s54 M primes/s
Random String Sort13.7 M strings/s28.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption2.6 GB/s17.2 GB/s
Data Compression103.3 MB/s279.2 MB/s
Physics494 frames/s952 frames/s
Extended Instructions66 M matrices/s188 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
1449
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 9300H
4181
AMD Ryzen 7 170
n/a
File Compression321.7 MB/s955 MB/s
Clang Compilation27.8 KLines/s73.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser99.6 pages/s216.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering118.8 MP/sec302.6 MP/sec
Text Processing135.5 pages/s202.8 pages/s
Background Blur22.6 frames/s48.6 frames/s
Photo Processing41.6 frames/s84.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing5.7 MP/sec18.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 9300H
51.76
AMD Ryzen 7 170
170.68

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 92.9 PPW 187.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 166.8 PPW 404.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 3.8 PPW 13.3 PPW
Blender / W 1.15 PPW 3.16 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced April, 23, 2019 October, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-9300H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Radeon 680M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Frequency 2.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.1 GHz 4.75 GHz
General
Cores count48
Threads count816
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Bandwidth8 GT/sn/a
Multipliern/a32x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 14 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 45 W 35-54 W
Socket BGA-1440 FP7
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 41.8 GB 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 20
Channels 41422 n/a
Tech n/a - Compute: 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 7 170 the clear winner in this comparison.

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