Ryzen 5 3500U vs i3-6100U

Aggregate performance score

Core i3-6100U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.66
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+163%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Core i3-6100U by a whopping 163% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20781358
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency10.4827.53
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeOPIPCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier2321
L1 cache128 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size98.57 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1750 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1356FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+no data

Security technologies

Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 520AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-6100U and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i3-6100U 1.66
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+163%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i3-6100U 2634
Ryzen 5 3500U 6932
+163%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i3-6100U 758
Ryzen 5 3500U 862
+13.7%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i3-6100U 1549
Ryzen 5 3500U 2482
+60.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i3-6100U 3714
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+22.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i3-6100U 8426
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+104%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i3-6100U 3242
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+83.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i3-6100U 23.51
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+82.5%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i3-6100U 3
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+177%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i3-6100U 247
Ryzen 5 3500U 650
+163%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i3-6100U 97
Ryzen 5 3500U 143
+47.4%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i3-6100U 1.11
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65
+48.6%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i3-6100U 1.4
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4
+214%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i3-6100U 1921
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455
+27.8%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i3-6100U 16
Ryzen 5 3500U 39
+145%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i3-6100U 84
Ryzen 5 3500U 135
+61.4%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i3-6100U 4826
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+170%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i3-6100U 2191
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+57.1%

Geekbench 2

i3-6100U 5069
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917
+135%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

i3-6100U 5320
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597
+99.2%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

i3-6100U 2861
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669
+28.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.66 4.36
Integrated graphics card 2.16 4.51
Recency 1 September 2015 6 January 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 162.7% higher aggregate performance score, 108.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-6100U in performance tests.


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