AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i5 1240P

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 3 4100, vs Intel Core i5 1240P. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 3 4100 and Intel Core i5 1240P
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
Intel Core i5 1240P
1510
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
6060
Intel Core i5 1240P
9291
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
69
Intel Core i5 1240P
65
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
364
Intel Core i5 1240P
88
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
2528
Intel Core i5 1240P
3243
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
11039
Intel Core i5 1240P
16780
Integer Math32.4 GOps/s63.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math19.2 GOps/s43.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search23 M primes/s48 M primes/s
Random String Sort15.8 M strings/s21.8 M strings/s
Data Encryption9.1 GB/s11.6 GB/s
Data Compression149.6 MB/s194.8 MB/s
Physics559 frames/s938 frames/s
Extended Instructions99 M matrices/s113 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
1539
Intel Core i5 1240P
2201
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
5056
Intel Core i5 1240P
8643
File Compression434.4 MB/s629 MB/s
Clang Compilation32 KLines/s61.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser105.1 pages/s212.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering160.8 MP/sec278.2 MP/sec
Text Processing131.4 pages/s196.2 pages/s
Background Blur30.7 frames/s39 frames/s
Photo Processing46.6 frames/s76.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.4 MP/sec13.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
80.44
Intel Core i5 1240P
110.19

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 77.8 PPW 308.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 169.8 PPW 599.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 5.6 PPW 3.1 PPW
Blender / W 1.24 PPW 3.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 4, 2022 February, 23, 2022
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-1240P
Integrated GPU No Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 8
Frequency 3.8 GHz 1.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a1.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count412
Threads count816
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x17x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 45-65 W 20-28 W
Max TDP (Boost) 65 W 64 W
Socket AM4 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 64 GB 64 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 Intel Core i5 1240P the clear winner in this comparison.

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