AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Intel Core i3 8100
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i3 8100 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+164%
3240
Intel Core i3 8100
1223
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+306%
14815
Intel Core i3 8100
3646
General Parameters
Feb 2025
Release Date
Oct 2017
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i3-8100
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
38
Multiplier
28x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
192 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
2
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5.0
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
