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Intel Core i3-7100 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 75 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 23 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,225

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,637

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,436

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,693

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

973

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,252

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,076

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,732

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

375

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

509

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,104

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

5,447

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

168 cb

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

204 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

425 cb

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

2,114 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Matisse (Zen 2)
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-6100	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Successor	Intel Core i3-8100	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	8x
Frequency:	3.90 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		4.00 GHz
L2-Cache		4.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	32.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
TDP	51 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2017	Q3/2019
Release price		329 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-7100 is 3.9 stars (47 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 3700X has received 4.4 stars (238 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★