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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-9100

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 92 %

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

1,040 pts

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,072 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

7,555 pts

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,921 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

1,233

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,394

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

5,387

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,824

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

374 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

445 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

977

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

2,736 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,630 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

5,351

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,249

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

292.5 s

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

634.0 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

3,340

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,751

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz

1,305 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

660 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	12 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i3-8100
Successor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600	Intel Core i3-10100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.90 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i3-9100
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2018	Q2/2019
Release price	195 $	122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is 4.4 stars (124 ratings), while Intel Core i3-9100 has received 3.8 stars (46 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C / 12T · 3.40 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-9100
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★