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Intel Core i3-7100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 2 - 95 %
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 40 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,225
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,095
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,436
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
5,129
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
973
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
894
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
4,970
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
375
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
389
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
3,148
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
168 cb
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
147 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
425 cb
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
1,094 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SSummit Ridge (Zen)
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151AM4 (PGA 1331)
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 3.90 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
TDP51 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ1/2017Q1/2017
Release price210 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

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