Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Price

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$ 687.07

$ 59.40

$ 627.67 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3900 points

0.21% slightly better overall score

3892 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5787 points

6333 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

3162 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3239 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

3035 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.73 points

80.44 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5632 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4865 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1824 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1512 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz

3.80 GHz

192% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB

212% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

25% slightly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

442nd of 1,089

443rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen 3 4100 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 4100 is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 4100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1235U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 4100. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.