AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-7400

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 92.43
$ 59.00
$ 33.43 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
55% significantly better overall score
2237 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
31% slightly better gaming score
4164 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
70% significantly better multitasking score
1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score
1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points
47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3132 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
96% significantly higher Blender score
43.28 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3137 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1144 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3282 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1193 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
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

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
675th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-7400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3100 is faster than the Core i5-7400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7400. Also, 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 i5-7400. 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.

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