AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i3-8020

AMD Ryzen 3 3100
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Intel Core i3-8020
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i3-8020

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    123%
  • Intel Core i3-8020
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    114%
  • Intel Core i3-8020
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    132%
  • Intel Core i3-8020
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3100

14% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 32% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-8020

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 3100.

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsCoffee Lake
Release DateApr 2020vsSep 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA1151
Die Size74mm²vsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-8020
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    4368 points
  • Intel Core i3-8020
    4440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    19676 points
  • Intel Core i3-8020
    17760 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (simulated)
    182.87
  • Intel Core i3-8020 (simulated)
    159.31

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (simulated)
    1050.5
  • Intel Core i3-8020 (simulated)
    790.21

points - higher is better