Intel Core i3-9100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

Core i3-9100 vs Ryzen 5 7530U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7530U beats the Core i3-9100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7530U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7530U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7530U outputs less heat than Core i3-9100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7530U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100. The Ryzen 5 7530U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.