AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i3-9100

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 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

2740 points

2845 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

5304 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2160 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2073 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

54.00 points

42% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3579 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1335 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

3650 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

1394 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4.2 GHz

Identical

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

581st of 1,089

561st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

9th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i3-9100 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100 beats the Ryzen 3 2300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. In addition, both chips have the same 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 2300X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100. The Ryzen 3 2300X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.