AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Intel Core i3-13100

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8215 points
43% significantly better overall score
5725 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
13% slightly better gaming score
9495 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
60% significantly better multitasking score
4614 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score
4425 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
85% significantly higher Blender score
105.40 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10324 points
42% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7226 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2258 points
0.49% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2247 points

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

3.30 GHz
3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache
5 MiB

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

146th of 1,099
280th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 7840U vs Core i3-13100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7840U is faster than the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-13100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7840U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-13100. The Ryzen 7 7840U also has slightly more 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 7 7840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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