The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of PCMag. As a low-end chip, the Intel Core i3-10100 is often looked at as both a chip that can power games alongside a discrete graphics card, as well as a chip that can run the show all on its own with the help of its onboard Intel UHD Graphics 630.

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We run lower end CPUs that have IGPs through a series of games tuned to either near-lowest, or the lowest, settings at 1,280 by 720 pixel resolution (720p), as well as at 1,920 by 1,080 pixels (1080p). Pay in 3 is a form of credit, may not be suitable for everyone and use may affect your credit score. The Ryzen 3 3200G with its Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics far outstripped the capabilities of the Core i3-10100's UHD Graphics in IGP testing, and that's to say nothing of the smackdown we saw out of Vega 11 with the Ryzen 5 3400G. This will both open an upgrade path to higher tier "K" tier CPUs and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds ( here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). While the Core i3-10100 has 6 MB, the slightly pricier Core i3-10300 and Core i3-10320 have 8 MB of cache and slightly higher clock speeds.The 10100 allows budget gamers to allocate more money towards a better GPU which often results in a stronger overall gaming system. Intel launched its 10th generation Core "Comet Lake" desktop processors at a brisk pace, with the entry-level Core i3 parts following only a couple of weeks behind the flagship Core i9-10900K. Although the i3-10100 requires a new LGA1200 motherboard, Intel have guaranteed that LGA1200 will be compatible with the next generation of Rocket Lake CPUs, expected later this year. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature, or reference the system specifications (motherboard, processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller, memory, BIOS, drivers, virtual machine monitor-VMM, platform software, and/or operating system) for feature compatibility. Details about the extent of our regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority are available from us on request.

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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The Ryzen 3 3200G, as its own budget gaming engine, regularly comes within spitting distance of hitting 60fps in 1080p, and it even manages to cross the boundary in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, versus the Intel Core i3-10100's result of just 35fps in the same benchmark. If you want to overclock a processor at this level, the Ryzen 3 3300X and its unlocked clock speed will be the way to go. These cookies handle the collection of information about your use of the content, and combination with previously collected information, used to measure, understand, and report on your usage of the service.Functionality, performance, and other benefits of this feature may vary depending on system configuration.