AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Celeron N4100

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Celeron N4100 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500U performs better than the Celeron N4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4100. The Celeron N4100 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.