[greggyb]

R3s outcompete i3s, pretty much across the board. They are bested by i5+ for gaming, but not by much. They are competitive with, or beat i5s in productivity.

GN has timestamps in the video description if you want to jump to graphs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2fFpzPKPg&t=0s

The top comment on HN for the Anandtech article (at the time of my posting) is about a comparison for a budget machine. They choose an i5-9400, because this includes an iGPU. If you are going for extreme budget, the low-tier Intel chips may win for this reason.