AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i3-7100

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i3-7100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i3-7100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-7100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HS. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-7100 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 9 5900HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-7100. The Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.