AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i3 8100

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 1600, vs Intel Core i3 8100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Intel Core i3 8100
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 5 1600
900
Intel Core i3 8100
936
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6230
Intel Core i3 8100
3607
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
2066
Intel Core i3 8100
2207
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12277
Intel Core i3 8100
6097
Integer Math41.5 GOps/s16.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math21.4 GOps/s13.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search35 M primes/s28 M primes/s
Random String Sort20.3 M strings/s10.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.7 GB/s1.8 GB/s
Data Compression172.1 MB/s83.2 MB/s
Physics644 frames/s464 frames/s
Extended Instructions67 M matrices/s72 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
1118
Intel Core i3 8100
1240
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
4965
Intel Core i3 8100
3692
File Compression473.5 MB/s296.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation40.5 KLines/s25.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser121.5 pages/s75.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering154.2 MP/sec112.9 MP/sec
Text Processing99.8 pages/s125.7 pages/s
Background Blur21.9 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing48.6 frames/s34 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.57 MP/sec4.46 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
100.94
Intel Core i3 8100
48.14

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 76.4 PPW 56.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 188.9 PPW 93.8 PPW
Blender / W 1.55 PPW 0.74 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 11, 2017 October, 5, 2017
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename n/a Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i3-8100
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 3.6 GHz n/a
General
Cores count64
Threads count124
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier32x28x
L1 cache96 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 4.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2666 DDR4-2400
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 39.74 GB 37.5 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

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