AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i3-10100

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i3-10100 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 3100 beats the Core i3-10100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i3-10100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 3100 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Ryzen 3 3100 also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.