AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 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
1% slightly better overall score
3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6333 points
0.02% slightly better gaming score
6332 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3162 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3035 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.44 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
78.11 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4865 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1512 points
1535 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

443rd of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 3 4100 vs Ryzen 5 5500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 4100 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 4100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5500H 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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