AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i3 7100

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i3 7100 with 2 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X's Advantages

Released 5 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-400)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 3MB)

Intel Core i3 7100's Advantages

Lower TDP (51W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +127%

2942

Intel Core i3 7100

1292

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +676%

19092

Intel Core i3 7100

2460

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1060%

406

Intel Core i3 7100

35

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +132%

2277

Intel Core i3 7100

980

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +854%

20503

Intel Core i3 7100

2149

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +85%

4317

Intel Core i3 7100

2323

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1103%

52013

Intel Core i3 7100

4323

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i3 7100

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Jan 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i3-7100

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 630

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

170 W

Power Consumption

51 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

2

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

2

24

Total Thread Count

4

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

47x

Multiplier

39x

-

L1 Cache

64K per core

12MB shared

L2 Cache

256K per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

3MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-400, DDR3L-1600

128GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.44 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 7100

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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