AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i3-10100F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

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$ 195.99
$ 100.00
$ 95.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
29% slightly better overall score
3491 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
2% slightly better gaming score
5569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
44% significantly better multitasking score
2875 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
2761 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4254 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3186 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
71% significantly higher Blender score
76.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4424 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
1401 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4497 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
1449 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089
483rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i3-10100F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Core i3-10100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-10100F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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