Intel Core i3-10100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 100.00
$ 35.32 significantly less expensive
$ 135.32

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3491 points
6267 points
79% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5569 points
8333 points
49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2875 points
5604 points
94% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2761 points
5431 points
96% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3186 points
5664 points
77% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

76.92 points
150.92 points
96% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4424 points
8330 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1401 points
1980 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4497 points
8600 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1449 points
2052 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

483rd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 November
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i3-10100F vs Ryzen 5 5600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Core i3-10100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10100F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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