AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i3-8100

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i3-8100 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600G is faster than the Core i3-8100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8100. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8100. The Ryzen 5 5600G also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.