AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs. 3100 CPU Review: An R3 is Enough for Gaming & Clock-for-Clock

Our in-depth review of the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X has arrived, including benchmarks vs. the R3 3100 and clock-for-clock tests to look at latency and overclocking performance.
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This review of the AMD R3 3300X vs. R3 3100 includes almost every other modern CPU that’s relevant here, with a heavier benchmark and testing focus versus the R5 1600 AF, R5 3600 (and whether it’s worth the extra money vs. the 3300X), the Intel i7-7700K and OC in 2020, the i3-9100F, and the i5-9600K. We’re really waiting on Intel for its 10-series to see if they can pull-off a comeback, because the current lineup is a bit rough as positioned against the R3 3100 and 3300X -- particularly the 3300X, which has the latency advantage to push it even higher up the stack. The R3 3300X runs a 4+0 CCX configuration (4 cores on a single CCX, which is on a single CCD, which is accompanied by one I/O die). The Ryzen 3 3100 also uses one CCX, but runs a 2+2 core configuration, introducing latency between the cores. We’ll be benchmarking these against each overclocked to 4.4GHz, which both CPUs were able to reach. Voltages are pretty good, too, as discussed in the content. Timestamps below.

Release date for the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X is May 21, 2020. Release date for the Intel Core 10 series (“10th Gen”) is May 20, 2020.

AMD R3 3100 eventually will list here (Amazon): https://geni.us/Ps6DZ
AMD R3 3300X eventually will list here (Amazon): https://geni.us/eHNvbh
Find the AMD R5 1600 AF (Amazon): https://geni.us/LrL6K6F
Find the Intel Core i3-9100F (Amazon): https://geni.us/7GouN
Find the AMD Athlon 3000G (Amazon): https://geni.us/yNcshn9
Find the AMD R5 3600 (Amazon): https://geni.us/Czsy

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - New Era of "An R3 is Enough for Gaming"
01:46 - Frequency Behavior of AMD R3 3300X vs. 3100
02:35 - Total War Battle Benchmark (1080p)
04:22 - Frametime Consistency & FPS "Smoothness"
05:40 - Three Kingdoms Campaign Benchmark
07:06 - The Division 2 & AMD's Big Jump
08:20 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Vulkan CPU Benchmark
11:32 - F1 2019 1080p & 1440p 3300X CPU Benchmarks
13:30 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
14:40 - Civilization AI Turn Processing Benchmark
16:00 - GTA V & Intel Advantage (sort of)
17:40 - Production Benchmark with Blender
20:02 - Adobe Premiere Render CPU Benchmark 3300X
21:15 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Benchmarks
22:06 - 7-Zip Compression & Decompression
23:10 - Code Compile with Chromium on AMD vs. Intel
24:15 - Power Consumption on AMD R3 3300X, 3100
25:27 - Thermal Performance of 3300X vs. 3100
26:30 - Conclusion of AMD R3 3300X Review

Some errata for you: The Chromium compile result for 3300X 4.4GHz should actually be 170 minutes. Fortunately, this doesn't affect anything else and only that one line on that one chart, so just ignore the 3300X OC result on that chart. It's similar to stock. Sorry for the error!

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