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AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Rank 2 - 97 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Rank 2 - 90 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,626

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,519

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz

5,500

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

5,272

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

464 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

454 cb

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

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,137

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,134

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

6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz

4,816

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,265

More benchmarks

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)	AMD Ryzen 3 (34)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)
Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology	7 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x Zen 2
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.10 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache		2.00 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 5 3500	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
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	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2019	Q2/2022
Release price	125 $	99 $
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 3500 is 4.2 stars (34 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 3 4100 has received 4.5 stars (28 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C / 6T · 3.60 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C / 8T · 3.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★