i3-8100F vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F 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 segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiency19.93no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)1 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$117

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size137 mm2126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F 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)
SocketAM51151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F. 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 i3-8100F 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 i3-8100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 1 September 2018
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 5 8500G has an age advantage of 5 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8500G and Core i3-8100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Core i3-8100F is a desktop one.


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