Ryzen 7 7700X vs Ryzen 3 3100

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 3 3100
2020
4 cores / 8 threads
7.71

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by a whopping 202% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking870192
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.0752.07
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesMatisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop)AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Raphael (Zen4)
Release date24 April 2020 (4 years ago)27 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99$399
Current price$140 (1.4x MSRP)$420 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 7700X has 68% better value for money than Ryzen 3 3100.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5.4 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm5 nm
Die size74 mm270 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C61 °C
Number of transistors3,800 million6,570 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM4AM5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 7 7700X.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes1624

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 3100 7.71
Ryzen 7 7700X 23.26
+202%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 202% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 3 3100 11928
Ryzen 7 7700X 35973
+202%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 202% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 3100 1482
Ryzen 7 7700X 2911
+96.4%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 96% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 3100 5092
Ryzen 7 7700X 15271
+200%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 200% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 3 3100 5181
Ryzen 7 7700X 8633
+66.6%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 67% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 3 3100 23406
Ryzen 7 7700X 56024
+139%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 139% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 3 3100 6.58
Ryzen 7 7700X 2.15
+206%

Ryzen 3 3100 outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 206% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 3 3100 11
Ryzen 7 7700X 36
+230%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 230% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 3100 991
Ryzen 7 7700X 3114
+214%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 214% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 3100 178
Ryzen 7 7700X 315
+77%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 77% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 3 3100 1.99
Ryzen 7 7700X 3.71
+86.4%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 86% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3100 5.4
Ryzen 7 7700X 17.5
+224%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 224% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3100 4848
Ryzen 7 7700X 14879
+207%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 207% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3100 203
Ryzen 7 7700X 374
+84.4%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 84% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3100 59
Ryzen 7 7700X 181
+209%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 3 3100 by 209% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.71 23.26
Recency 24 April 2020 27 September 2022
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Cost $99 $399
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

The Ryzen 7 7700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3100 in performance tests.


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