Intel Core i7-870 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Core i7-870 vs Ryzen 3 4100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 4100 performs better than the Core i7-870. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-870. Also, the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 4100 outputs less heat than Core i7-870 thanks to a 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 i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.