AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i3-8100

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i3-8100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2400G beats the Core i3-8100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads. Both the Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i3-8100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2400G 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 5 2400G has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8100. Despite this, the Core i3-8100 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G.

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 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.