AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i3-8100

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i3-8100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3100 is faster than the Core i3-8100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads. Both the Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i3-8100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3100 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8100. The Ryzen 3 3100 also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.