AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-10100

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i3-10100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than the Core i3-10100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i3-10100 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Ryzen 5 2600 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.