AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i7-6820HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 3100 beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ 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.

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.