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Intel Core i3-7100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 80 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 40 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,626
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
5,500
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,137
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
4,816
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
483
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 3500
6C / 6T · 3.60 GHz
2,831
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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
188 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 3500
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
1,129 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SMatisse (Zen 2)
Technology14 nm7 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 3500
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 3.90 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 164.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
TDP51 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ1/2017Q4/2019
Release price125 $
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 3500
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C / 6T · 3.60 - 4.10 GHz

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