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

Heating and power draw

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.

• Contents
• Intro
• Rendering and Geekbench
• Gaming, graphics tests and PC/3DMark
• Encryption, encoding and memory tests
• Heating and power draw
• Rating