Intel Core i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i3-10100 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X performs better than the Core i3-10100. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-10100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.