i3-7100E vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-7100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiency19.93no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$225

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-7100E 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 speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)3 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size137 mm2no data
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-7100E 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM5no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-7100E. 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 8500G and Core i3-7100E 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 8500G and Core i3-7100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 740MIntel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-7100E.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 8.29 3.11
Recency 8 January 2024 3 January 2017
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has 166.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

i3-7100E, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

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