AMD Ryzen 3 3100 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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Price

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$ 92.43
$ 72.99
$ 19.44 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
22% slightly better overall score
2845 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
3% slightly better gaming score
5304 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
2160 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
2073 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
54.00 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3579 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1335 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3650 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1394 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
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

16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th 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

2020 May
2019 May

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 3100 vs Core i3-9100 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i3-9100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i3-9100 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 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 3100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100. The Ryzen 3 3100 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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