AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 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

44% significantly better overall score

2407 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points

39% slightly better gaming score

3907 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points

47% significantly better multitasking score

1957 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points

48% significantly better heavy workload score

1876 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

60.12 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3829 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1140 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3996 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1230 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th of 1,089

643rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2015 August

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 i7-6820HK benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i7-6820HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HK in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HK. Also, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HK 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.

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.