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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-7100

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    Intel Core i3-7100
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
    Intel Core i3-7100

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      204%
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      102%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      311%
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 211% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100

    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 2600.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsKaby Lake
    Release DateMar 2018vsFeb 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    Cores6vs2
    Threads12vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 630

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvs
    Die Size192mm²vsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i3-7100
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3900 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs51 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      4680 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      11232 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      161.51
    • Intel Core i3-7100 (simulated)
      166.21

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      1325.06
    • Intel Core i3-7100
      426

    points - higher is better

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