AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i3-9100F

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
AMD Socket FP6MOBILE
2100 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2018
Intel Core i3-9100F

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

40 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i3-9100F.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-9100F

Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRenoirvsCoffee Lake
Release DateJan 2020vsApr 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 6vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache11MB (shared)vs6MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
SocketAMD Socket FP6vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case TempN/Avs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i3-9100F
Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP25 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
    4480 points
  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    5040 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
    17216 points
  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    17280 points

Points - higher is better