Intel Core i3-7100U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

Core i3-7100U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U performs better than the Core i3-7100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7100U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7100U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7100U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.