Core i3-1005G1 vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2600
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.53
+167%

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms i3-1005G1 by a whopping 167% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking8361530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.16no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core i3
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)Ice Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date19 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$281
Current price$142 (0.7x MSRP)$451 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm10 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 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
SocketAM4FCBGA1526
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s58.3 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i3-1005G1.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

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.

Ryzen 5 2600 8.53
+167%
i3-1005G1 3.19

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 167% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 2600 13197
+168%
i3-1005G1 4930

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 168% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 1154
i3-1005G1 1283
+11.2%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 11% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 4856
+105%
i3-1005G1 2371

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 105% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 2600 4726
i3-1005G1 6573
+39.1%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 39% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2600 28173
+96.7%
i3-1005G1 14323

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 97% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2600 9290
+68.9%
i3-1005G1 5501

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 69% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 2600 5.5
+153%
i3-1005G1 13.92

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 153% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 2600 14
+199%
i3-1005G1 5

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 199% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 1248
+208%
i3-1005G1 405

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 208% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 157
+0.2%
i3-1005G1 157

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 2600 1.76
i3-1005G1 1.88
+6.8%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 7.5
+213%
i3-1005G1 2.4

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 213% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 4517
+72.1%
i3-1005G1 2624

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 72% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 75
+197%
i3-1005G1 25

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 197% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 205
+51.8%
i3-1005G1 135

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 52% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.53 3.19
Recency 19 April 2018 1 August 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Cost $199 $281
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 5 2600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-1005G1 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Core i3-1005G1 is a notebook one.


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