AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1235U performs better than the Ryzen 3 3100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 3100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1235U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3100 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1235U.

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 Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.