AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i3-9100F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better 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 3600 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i3-9100F have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i3-9100F. The Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.