AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Ryzen 3 4100 vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the Ryzen 3 4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 4100 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 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 4100. The Core 5 120U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.