AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-6400

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 92.43
$ 7.56 slightly less expensive
$ 99.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points
63% significantly better overall score
2127 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points
38% slightly better gaming score
3959 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points
78% significantly better multitasking score
1617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points
79% significantly better heavy workload score
1551 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4633 points
55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2971 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points
113% significantly higher Blender score
39.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2948 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1079 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3046 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1116 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th of 1,089
699th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-6400 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the Core i5-6400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. Also, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 3100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6400. The Ryzen 3 3100 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 Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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