AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

3892 points
20% slightly better overall score
3241 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6333 points
26% slightly better gaming score
5004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3162 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
2724 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3035 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
2614 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.44 points
91.09 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4865 points
7587 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1512 points
1843 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.3 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
10 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

443rd of 1,089
506th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 4100 vs Core Ultra 5 125U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 4100 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 4100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 125U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 4100. The Core Ultra 5 125U 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 4100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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