Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Core i3-8121U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 428 days newer than Core i3-8121U.
Advantages of Core i3-8121U
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3700X - 15 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X
- Performs up to 2% better in Metro Exodus than Core i3-8121U - 146 vs 143 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-8121U - 16 vs 4 threads
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i3-8121U
Mobile • May 5th, 2018
Ryzen 7 3700X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-8121U | vs | Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|---|
| May 5th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Cannon Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel BGA 1440 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 16 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 22.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
