AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core i3-13100

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core i3-13100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core i3-13100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-13100. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i3-13100. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly 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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.