Intel Core i3-10100F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i3-10100F vs Ryzen 9 7900X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Core i3-10100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.