i3-10100 vs Ryzen 9 3950X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 3950X
2019
16 cores / 32 threads, 105 Watt
24.37
+347%
Core i3-10100
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.45

Ryzen 9 3950X outperforms Core i3-10100 by a whopping 347% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2101164
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.7617.48
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9no data
Power efficiency21.967.93
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Comet Lake-S (2020)
Release date14 November 2019 (5 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$130

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 9 3950X has 7% better value for money than i3-10100.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads328
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Die size2 x 72 mm + 125 mm (IO-Die) mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory-64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.1 GHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i3-10100.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 9 3950X 24.37
+347%
i3-10100 5.45

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 38716
+347%
i3-10100 8652

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 1730
+20.5%
i3-10100 1436

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 10784
+155%
i3-10100 4234

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 6102
i3-10100 6863
+12.5%

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 53396
+98.5%
i3-10100 26903

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 4.11
+54.3%
i3-10100 6.34

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 44
+340%
i3-10100 10

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 3950X 4002
+347%
i3-10100 895

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 209
+15.5%
i3-10100 181

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 2.37
+15.6%
i3-10100 2.05

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 10.8
+116%
i3-10100 5

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.

Ryzen 9 3950X 7409
+21%
i3-10100 6124

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.  

Ryzen 9 3950X 168
+201%
i3-10100 56

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.  

Ryzen 9 3950X 265
+24.7%
i3-10100 213

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 3950X 12363
+160%
i3-10100 4758

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 3950X 126
i3-10100 494
+292%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 3950X 1306
+10%
i3-10100 1188

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 3950X 5340
+10%
i3-10100 4853

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 3950X 99467
+308%
i3-10100 24356

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 3950X 239
+15.2%
i3-10100 208

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.37 5.45
Recency 14 November 2019 30 April 2020
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 32 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 9 3950X has a 347.2% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

i3-10100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 3950X is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-10100 in performance tests.


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