Duel of processors: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs. Intel Core i3-10100

A year has passed since the introduction of AMD’s Ryzen third generation, but the product line was still not complete. We were waiting for the lowest line to be refreshed with the designation Ryzen 3. In the meantime, the 10th generation of Intel Core processors has been released, including new i3 SKUs. We got novelties from both manufacturers, namely Ryzen 3 3100 and Core i3-10100. Which one is better?

Heating

Recently, the game has changed and it is no longer the case that AMD are the hot processors that overheat as 5+ years ago. Surprisingly, the Ci3 has low temperatures and 50 degrees was the maximum. Usually the temperature was around 46–48 degrees in the load.

Power draw



The difference in temperature is obvious when we also look at the power draw. The CPU package has a difference of 10 W and the total power draw of the configuration up to almost 30 W. Part of this is also played by the X570 chipset which has a higher power draw than that of Z490, and also the motherboards themselves, which are not exactly in the same class, but we used what we had at our disposal. Although Intel’s lower power draw is certainly a pleasant surprise, it does not mean that Ryzen is doing badly.

AMD to Raise Prices on All Products: GPUs, CPUs and Chipsets

We reported that Intel was preparing to raise CPU prices next month, but according to further information, the same was planned by AMD. Further sources have now confirmed that this manufacturer will also be raising prices. However, the scope of the price increases is to be much broader—it will affect not only CPUs, but apparently all chips manufactured by AMD. As a result, graphics cards pricing will rise further, but so will prices of motherboards. Read more “AMD to Raise Prices on All Products: GPUs, CPUs and Chipsets” »

AMD Releases New Budget CPUs. Even for the AM4 Socket

It looks like whole ten years since the time AMD officially launched the AM4 platform (initially for the Excavator architecture and only on the OEM market, in 2016), a new CPU will now be released for this socket. But not a completely new one. AMD has now released two configurations that did not previously exist, but are based on 2020 and 2022 silicon, and the first of them is coming to the older platform using DDR4. Read more “AMD Releases New Budget CPUs. Even for the AM4 Socket” »

Next-gen Radeon GPUs: RDNA 5 architecture clock targets leaked

2027 is approaching with new generations of GPUs, although they will be delayed compared to the previous two-year cycles. AMD has GPUs with the new RDNA 5 architecture coming, which could incorporate fairly major changes compared to today’s RDNA 4 based  GPUs, as well as a new manufacturing process. Thanks to the latter, clock speeds will apparently increase, although perhaps not by as much as one would have expected. Read more “Next-gen Radeon GPUs: RDNA 5 architecture clock targets leaked” »

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