AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 92.43
$ 5.56 slightly less expensive
$ 97.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
4307 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
5864 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
3810 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
3690 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3469 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
104.40 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
0.08% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4930 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1138 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4754 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1136 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% 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 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
576 KiB
125% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th of 1,089
409th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 5 1600X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Ryzen 3 3100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3100. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 5 1600X are identical in this regard. A Ryzen 3 3100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 1600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3100. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.

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