AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i3-9100

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i3-9100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2400G is faster than the Core i3-9100. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i3-9100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2400G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 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.