AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 3 4100

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1014

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +7%

1093

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +20%

7128

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

5922

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1170

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +28%

1499

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4526

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +1%

4574

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +58%

122

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

77

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1029

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +13%

1167

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +23%

5638

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4580

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Apr 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen+

Core Architecture

Renoir

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

9.8 billions

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

156 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

38.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

3.0

PCIe Version

3

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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