AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i3-9100

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i3-9100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-9100 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-9100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Also, the Core i3-9100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-9100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 3500U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-9100. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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