Intel Core i3-7100U vs AMD 3020e

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD 3000 Series Mobile 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

960 points

979 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1881 points

2128 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

720 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

693 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

672 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1571 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1085 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

770 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

658 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

100% significantly higher clock speed

1.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

6 W

150% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

962nd of 1,089

956th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

3000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2020 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-7100U vs 3020e specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the 3020e is faster than the Core i3-7100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-7100U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7100U has a significantly higher clock speed than the 3020e.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.