AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-7500

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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Intel Core i5-7500

Price

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$ 92.43

$ 73.80

$ 18.63 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points

41% slightly better overall score

2458 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points

19% slightly better gaming score

4565 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points

54% significantly better multitasking score

1872 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points

54% significantly better heavy workload score

1797 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points

101% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2294 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points

78% significantly higher Blender score

47.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3409 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1243 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3533 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1283 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 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

637th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-7500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 3100 beats the Core i5-7500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500. 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 3100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7500. 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.