AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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

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$ 92.43
$ 7.56 slightly less expensive
$ 99.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
4361 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
5968 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
3844 points
32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
3721 points
33% 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
3464 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
106.27 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4788 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1132 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4891 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1163 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
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 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
Identical
65 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
404th 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
2018 April

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 2600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Ryzen 3 3100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3100. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3100. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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