AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th 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
57% significantly better overall score
2218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
53% significantly better gaming score
3567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
59% significantly better multitasking score
1819 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
1749 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
63.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3447 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3581 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1188 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
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
Identical
3.9 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
678th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
7th Generation Core i7

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
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i7-7820HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-7820HQ 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.

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