AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD FX-8350

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8350

Price

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$ 92.43

$ 72.56 significantly less expensive

$ 164.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points

32% slightly better overall score

2623 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points

41% slightly better gaming score

3863 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

2225 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points

246% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points

83% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points

143% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points

187% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points

156% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points

205% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 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

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

8 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

502nd of 1,118

626th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 3100 vs FX-8350 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 3100 beats the FX-8350 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 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 FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3100. Also, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3100 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8350 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8350 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3100 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8350.

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.