AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-7600K

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
$ 211.92 significantly less expensive
$ 304.35

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
20% slightly better overall score
2899 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
1% slightly better gaming score
5366 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
2207 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
2115 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points
71% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2709 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
61.33 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4236 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
1491 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4238 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
1522 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

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
40% slightly lower TDP
91 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
553rd 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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-7600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 3100. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 i5-7600K. 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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