AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition: comparison

Comparison of AMD Ryzen 3 5300U and AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U has a higher base clock (2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz).

At the same time, AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition has more cores (6 vs 4), more threads (12 vs 8), a higher maximum clock (4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz) and a larger L3 cache (8 MB vs 4 MB).

Both processors match on: TDP (15 W), process node (7 nm), PCIe version (3), maximum integrated graphics clock (1.5 GHz).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterAMD Ryzen 3 5300UAMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
Cores / threads 4 / 8 6 / 12
Max boost clock 3.8 GHz 4 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Process 7 nm 7 nm
Integrated graphics AMD Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
General
Codename Lucienne Renoir
Segment Mobile Mobile
Product line AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition
Product family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD Ryzen Processors
Process 7 nm 7 nm
Launch date 01/12/2021 04/13/2021
Unlocked for overclocking — No
Operating system support Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows
CPU
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Base clock 2.6 GHz 2.2 GHz
Max boost clock 3.8 GHz 4 GHz
L1 cache — 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Configurable TDP 10–25 W 10–25 W
Memory
Memory types DDR4, LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory channels — 2
Max memory speed — 4.267 GHz
Graphics
Integrated graphics AMD Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics
Has integrated graphics Yes Yes
Graphics max frequency 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz
Graphics units 6 7
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 3
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FP6 FP6
TJUNCTION 105 °C 105 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies — AMD "Zen" Core Architecture, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) 100-000000376 —

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