AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i7-4790K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3100 is faster than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K 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 Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3100. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.