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AMD100-100000071BOX
▲ 1616,457 ▼

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q2 2019.

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▲ 1473,510 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Game EFps  
+2%
CSGO 2060S
Dust 2 1080p Max 		216 EFps 226 EFps +5%
GTAV 2060S
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		92 EFps 92 EFps
Overwatch 2060S
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		116 EFps +4% 112 EFps
PUBG 2060S
M249 Training 1080p Max 		106 EFps 110 EFps +4%
Fortnite 2060S
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		118 EFps 125 EFps Slightly Better Fortnite EFps.
+6%
Effective Speed 
+17%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 79,765 user samples
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6,443 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 86% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 66% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg)
Poor: 66% Great: 86%
SPEED RANK: 66th / 1206
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
73,322 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 97% Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 85% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 85% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 18th / 1206
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		79.6 % 93.1 % Faster effective speed.
+17%
Average User Bench 
+39%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 		121 Pts 136 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+12%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 		238 Pts 270 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+13%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 		445 Pts 521 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+17%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 		450 Pts 950 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+111%
Overclocked Bench 
+37%
1-Core
OC Single Core Mixed Speed 		129 Pts 141 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Mixed Speed 		254 Pts 281 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+11%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Mixed Speed 		491 Pts 550 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+12%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Mixed Speed 		490 Pts 1063 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+117%
Value & Sentiment 
+104%
Market Share
Based on 22,712,438 CPUs tested.
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.4 % 2.48 % Hugely higher market share.
+520%
Value
Value For Money 		110 % Better value.
+22% 		90.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		161 % Slightly more popular.
+10% 		147 %
Price
Price (score) 		$86 Much cheaper.
+72% 		$310
Nice To Haves 
+101%
Age
Newest 		8 Months 5 Months Much more recent.
+38%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts 65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		4 threads 16 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		14 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz +5%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Mixed Speed 		494 Pts 1500 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+204%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 		455 Pts 1424 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+213%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 79.6%
Average Bench 93.1%
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Intel’s Core i3-9100F is a quad-core 9th generation Coffee Lake desktop processor. It features base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz, 6 MB of cache, a 65W TDP and it ships with a cooler. Gamers should pair the 9100F with a Z390 motherboard and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds. This will deliver up to a 15% fps boost which is well worth it considering that many Z390 boards are available for around $100 USD (here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). The 9100F has great single core performance coupled with a strong memory sub system. This enables it to deliver excellent all round performance, easily holding its own against far pricier CPUs for the majority of use cases. The heavily hyped 12 threaded 6 core Ryzen 3600 barely pulls ahead in any of the top five games. [Oct '19 CPUPro]

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The 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 3700X hails from the middle of AMD’s latest range of 7nm silicon Zen 2 CPUs. The $329 USD 3700X has a maximum stock boost clock of 4.4 GHz, 32 MB of L3 cache, supports 3200 MHz DDR4 memory and has a power draw of just 65W TDP. Out of the box, the 3700X, 3600X and 3600 achieve similar quad core speeds but the 16 threaded 3700X is 30% faster at multi-core computations than the 12 threaded 3600X. Comparing the 3700X to Intel’s i7-9700K shows that, when overclocked, the 3700X is 26% faster at 64-core computations but 13% slower for gaming and desktop (sub eight core performance). Unlike lower end Ryzen 3000 SKUs, the 3700X comes with a half decent cooler but AMD should not have bothered since a $20 aftermarket cooler is still quieter, easier to change, and better at cooling. With a Gammaxx 400 cooler we were able to maintain a 43.25x OC during our EFps tests. We had to use a fixed clock OC (rather than Offset/PBO) to avoid significant frame drops in Fortnite. With strong single-core scores, the 3700X should offer very strong gaming performance but in reality it is let down by its memory controller, which, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency. The 3700X only has a small real world gaming advantage over the entry level 4-core, 4-thread Intel Core i3-9100F. At $320 USD, the 3700X offers reasonable value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. [Jul '19 CPUPro]

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