AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i3-7100U

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i3-7100U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700U performs better than the Core i3-7100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700U has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-7100U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7100U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U. 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 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 7 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.