Core i3-14100F vs Ryzen 7 3800X

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Core i3-14100F and the Ryzen 7 3800X are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Core i3-14100F has 4 cores and 8 threads, and the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores and 16 threads. The extra cores of the Ryzen 7 3800X help with video editing, streaming while you play and heavy multitasking more than with the game itself. Boost clocks are 4.7 GHz and 4.5 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Core i3-14100F uses the LGA1700 socket and the Ryzen 7 3800X uses AM4, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 58 W for the first and 105 W for the second. That difference changes the cooler you need, and it shows up in heat and noise.

At launch the Core i3-14100F cost $109 and the Ryzen 7 3800X $399, which gives 47.7 and 13.0 points of gaming performance per $100. Today's prices will differ.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Core i3-14100F can feed a card up to the Radeon RX 6800 XT before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 7 3800X reaches the Radeon RX 6800 XT. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Core i3-14100F if you want the faster gaming chip. Choose the Ryzen 7 3800X if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.