Intel Core i3-9100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i3-9100F CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
Intel Core i3-9100F AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-9100F or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-9100F has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-9100F was released in Q2/2019.

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Core i3 (202) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
Intel Core i 9000 (34) CPU group AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)
9 Generation 2
Coffee Lake S Refresh Architecture Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i3-10100F Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-9100F has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-9100F is 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF is at 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Intel Core i3-9100F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
4 Cores 6
4 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.60 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i3-9100F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-9100F or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU no iGPU
GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology
Max. displays
-- Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-9100F can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Intel Core i3-9100F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 20
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i3-9100F is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i3-9100F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-9100F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 16.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i3-9100F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
14 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q4/2019
97 $ Release price 210 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 7 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
66 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
65 (98%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
250 (55%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
452 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1072 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
931 (87%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3921 (57%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6822 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1069 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
941 (88%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3249 (62%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
5241 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1630 (61%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
2684 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
6685 (53%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
12524 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
634 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
372.4 (59%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
660 (54%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
1221 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1394 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3824 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
445 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
470 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1762 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
148 (100%)

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