Ryzen 3 3100 vs Core i5-8500 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8500 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.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3100. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 3100 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. 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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