AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i3 8100

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs Intel Core i3 8100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U
1172
Intel Core i3 8100
936
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Intel Core i3 8100
3607
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Intel Core i3 8100
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
Intel Core i3 8100
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
Intel Core i3 8100
2207
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Intel Core i3 8100
6097
Integer Math45.5 GOps/s16.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/s13.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search26 M primes/s28 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s10.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption10.5 GB/s1.8 GB/s
Data Compression175.6 MB/s83.2 MB/s
Physics534 frames/s464 frames/s
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/s72 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Intel Core i3 8100
1240
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
Intel Core i3 8100
3692
File Compression504.2 MB/s296.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s25.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s75.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec112.9 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s125.7 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s34 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec4.46 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
Intel Core i3 8100
48.14

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 56.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 93.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW n/a
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 0.74 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 12, 2021 October, 5, 2017
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i3-8100
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Frequency 2.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz n/a
General
Cores count64
Threads count124
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier21x28x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 65 W
Socket FP6 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-2400
Max Size 32 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 37.5 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500U the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below