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Intel Core i3 9100F vs AMD Ryzen 3 3100

30 out of 100
Intel Core i3 9100F
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Intel Core i3 9100F
AMD Ryzen 3 3100

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 9100F against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3100. 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
34.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
51.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3100 and 9100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 9100F
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3100
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 9100F
vs
Ryzen 3 3100

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 9100F
1422
Ryzen 3 3100 +1%
1436
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F
4012
Ryzen 3 3100 +28%
5150
File compression 328.4 MB/sec 541.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27.2 Klines/sec 34.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 88 pages/sec 113.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 121.2 Mpixels/sec 147.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.3 pages/sec 126.4 pages/sec
Background blur 26.7 images/sec 28.1 images/sec
Photo processing 43.1 images/sec 45.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 8.03 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 898 & 778 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 9100F +3%
2481
Ryzen 3 3100
2410
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F
6701
Ryzen 3 3100 +72%
11514
Integer math 17.9 GOps/sec 31 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 18.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 50M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 11.2M Strings/sec 15.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 91.4 MBytes/sec 141.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 483 Frames/sec 705 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8B Matrices/sec 9.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2876 & 2055 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 9100F
52.16
Ryzen 3 3100 +62%
84.68

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.8 PPW 4.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 61.7 PPW 79.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 103.1 PPW 177.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.8 PPW 1.3 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 9100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1497 / 4340
📘 2024-08-16 (Mahdi)Cinebench 202458 / 207
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AMD Ryzen 3 3100
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 9100F and AMD Ryzen 3 3100

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 23, 2019 April 21, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen 2 (Matisse)
Model number i3-9100F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 3200G - Intel Core i3 9100F
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F - AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#175th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (180th and 168th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 9100F official page AMD Ryzen 3 3100 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Total votes: 163

Comments

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