Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Core i5-1240P vs Ryzen 3 4100 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1240P beats the Ryzen 3 4100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 4100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1240P. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 4100. The Core i5-1240P 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. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.