AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i3-10100

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 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

$ 120.00
$ 19.78 slightly less expensive
$ 139.78

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3954 points
13% slightly better overall score
3478 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
14% slightly better gaming score
5576 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
2857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
2743 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4780 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
75.47 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5688 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4319 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1401 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4213 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1432 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

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
Identical
4.3 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
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
485th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Core i3-10100 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3300X performs better than the Core i3-10100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Ryzen 3 3300X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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