AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i3-13100

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th 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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$ 170.99
$ 150.00
$ 20.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points
0.89% slightly better overall score
5725 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
9495 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
4614 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
4425 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
105.40 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points
6928 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points
2112 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
7226 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
2247 points
79% significantly 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

3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.5 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
273rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i3-13100 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Core i3-13100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-13100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-13100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-13100. Despite this, the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-13100 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-13100.

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 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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