i3-8100F vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-8100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1345	not rated
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	27.58	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$117

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	36
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP5	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-8100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-8100F are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-8100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-8100F.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2019	1 September 2018
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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