AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i3-10100

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i3-10100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-10100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i3-10100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.