Intel Core i7-9850H vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 6 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4014 points
3% slightly better overall score
3892 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5637 points
6333 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3514 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
3162 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3402 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
3035 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.11 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
80.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5044 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4865 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1387 points
1512 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.80 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

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

434th of 1,089
443rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9850H vs Ryzen 3 4100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9850H 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 i7-9850H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 4100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9850H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 3 4100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 4100.

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 i7-9850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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