AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-8300H

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
22% slightly better overall score
2837 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
20% slightly better gaming score
4554 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
2331 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
2236 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points
86% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2480 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
55.07 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3631 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1233 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3732 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1267 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

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
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th of 1,089
564th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

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 i5-8300H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i5-8300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8300H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. Despite this, the Core i5-8300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8300H outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 3100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 3100 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8300H. The Ryzen 3 3100 also has slightly 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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