M3-8100Y vs Ryzen 5 3600X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking678not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core M3
Power efficiency11.41no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249$281

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y 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 speed3.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache32 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y 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)
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size128 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 615

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 28 August 2018
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 5 Watt

Ryzen 5 3600X has an age advantage of 10 months, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

M3-8100Y, on the other hand, has 1800% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600X and M3-8100Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop processor while M3-8100Y is a notebook one.


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