AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 3 4100, vs AMD Ryzen 5 240. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 3 4100 and AMD Ryzen 5 240
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
1147
AMD Ryzen 5 240
1712
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
6060
AMD Ryzen 5 240
12223
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
69
AMD Ryzen 5 240
98
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
364
AMD Ryzen 5 240
718
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
2528
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
11039
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a
Integer Math32.4 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math19.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search23 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort15.8 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption9.1 GB/sn/a
Data Compression149.6 MB/sn/a
Physics559 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions99 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
1539
AMD Ryzen 5 240
2461
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
5056
AMD Ryzen 5 240
10501
File Compression434.4 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation32 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser105.1 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering160.8 MP/secn/a
Text Processing131.4 pages/sn/a
Background Blur30.7 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing46.6 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing8.4 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
80.44
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 77.8 PPW 194.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 169.8 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 5.6 PPW 13.3 PPW
Blender / W 1.24 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced April, 4, 2022 January, 7, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 760M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 5 GHz
General
Cores count46
Threads count812
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x43x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 45-65 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 65 W n/a
Socket AM4 FP8
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max Size 64 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 8 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 3 4100 the clear winner in this comparison.

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