AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i3-10105

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i3-10105 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10105 beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10105 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Also, the Core i3-10105 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-10105 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.