AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i3-8100

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 249.99
$ 169.99
$ 80.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points
2549 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points
4731 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points
1938 points
0.73% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points
1859 points
0.70% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
47.29 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points
3299 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points
1201 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points
3471 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
1267 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

624th of 1,089
616th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
8th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 3 1300X vs Core i3-8100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8100 is faster than the Ryzen 3 1300X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1300X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 1300X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8100. The Ryzen 3 1300X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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