AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i7 8700

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 8700 with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i7 8700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

1122

Intel Core i7 8700 +8%

1216

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5647

Intel Core i7 8700 +25%

7107

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 +13%

1434

Intel Core i7 8700

1258

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 +16%

5105

Intel Core i7 8700

4394

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

95

Intel Core i7 8700 +20%

114

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 +8%

1269

Intel Core i7 8700

1166

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5059

Intel Core i7 8700 +22%

6209

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

2413

Intel Core i7 8700 +9%

2647

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

11547

Intel Core i7 8700 +11%

12874

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

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Intel Core i7 8700

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-8700

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

32x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 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

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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