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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 3 4100

29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Ryzen 3 4100

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600 with 6-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 3 4100 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
35.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4100 and 1600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4100
  • Newer - released 5 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1539 vs 1118 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 1600
vs
Ryzen 3 4100

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 1600
1118
Ryzen 3 4100 +38%
1539
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 1600
4965
Ryzen 3 4100 +2%
5056
File compression 473.5 MB/sec 434.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 40.5 Klines/sec 32 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 121.5 pages/sec 105.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 154.2 Mpixels/sec 160.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.8 pages/sec 131.4 pages/sec
Background blur 21.9 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 48.6 images/sec 46.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.57 Mpixels/sec 8.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 509 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 1600
2065
Ryzen 3 4100 +22%
2529
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 1600 +11%
12254
Ryzen 3 4100
11017
Integer math 41.4 GOps/sec 32.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.4 GOps/sec 19.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 15.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.9 MBytes/sec 149.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 640 Frames/sec 555 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 9.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9356 & 290 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 1600 +25%
100.94
Ryzen 3 4100
80.44

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 76.4 PPW 77.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 188.5 PPW 169.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.55 PPW 1.24 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-14 (El_kocko)Cinebench 202452 / 396
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AMD Ryzen 3 4100
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 3 4100

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 11, 2017 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 8500 - Intel Core i3 10100F
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (183rd and 171st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 38x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.8 billions 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 65 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (184th and 161st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 39.74 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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Comments

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