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Intel Core i3 8100 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

26 out of 100
Intel Core i3 8100
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Intel Core i3 8100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 8100 with 4-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
41.0
(Average)
Value Index
16.4
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2700X and 8100
Advantages of Intel Core i3 8100
  • More than 15° C higher critical temperature
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
  • Around 6.21 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 8100
vs
Ryzen 7 2700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i3 8100
193
Ryzen 7 2700X +170%
522
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 8100
1240
Ryzen 7 2700X +2%
1269
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 8100
3692
Ryzen 7 2700X +76%
6487
File compression 296.5 MB/sec 537.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 25.4 Klines/sec 58.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 75.4 pages/sec 135.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 112.9 Mpixels/sec 215.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 125.7 pages/sec 114.3 pages/sec
Background blur 25.6 images/sec 29.3 images/sec
Photo processing 34 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.46 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 788 & 865 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 8100
2190
Ryzen 7 2700X +10%
2415
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 8100
6060
Ryzen 7 2700X +188%
17434
Integer math 16.1 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 13.8 GOps/sec 32.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 27M Primes/sec 41M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 10.3M Strings/sec 30.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 1.8 GBytes/sec 16.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 82.3 MBytes/sec 266.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 455 Frames/sec 787 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4958 & 13809 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 8100
48.14
Ryzen 7 2700X +213%
150.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3 PPW 5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 56.8 PPW 61.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 93.2 PPW 166 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.74 PPW 1.43 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 8100
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 8100 and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 5, 2017 April 19, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake -
Model number i3-8100 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 2200G - Intel Core i7 8700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#173rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 4 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 37x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 85°C
Desktop CPU ranking (193rd and 165th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 3 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 8100
0.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 2700X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 8100 official page AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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