AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 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

4307 points
135% significantly better overall score
1829 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
58% significantly better gaming score
3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
182% significantly better multitasking score
1348 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
185% significantly better heavy workload score
1293 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
256% significantly higher Blender score
29.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2919 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
1506 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3077 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1579 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache
192 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
20% slightly more L2 cache
2.5 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

409th of 1,089
755th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i3-1115G4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Core i3-1115G4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-1115G4 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i3-1115G4. The Ryzen 5 1600X 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 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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