i3-10100F vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1356	1160
Place by popularity	32	20
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	21.05
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	27.43	7.98
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	12 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	6 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F 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 Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-10100F.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.37	5.51
Recency	6 January 2019	12 October 2020
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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