AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i3-N305. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 13
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000H Intel Core i N300

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  1.90 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.30 GHz
• Execution units
  8 32
• Shader
  512 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 11
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266 DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Core i3-N305 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP up
  54 W --
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Alder Lake N
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP6 BGA
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q4/2022