AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 12 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
7% slightly better overall score
3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
9% slightly better gaming score
5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2614 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
91.09 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
7587 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
1843 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
10 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

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
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-7467

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 Ultra 5 125U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3100 is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3100. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Core Ultra 5 125U are identical in this regard. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3100 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 125U.

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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