AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i3-9100F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Core i3-9100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100F 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 i3-9100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i3-9100F 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 2600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100F. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.