AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Ryzen 3 4100
We compared two CPUs: the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500U (laptop) with 6-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 3 4100 (desktop) with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 6
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4100
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 513.8 MB/sec | 434.4 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 29.7 Klines/sec | 32 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 94.1 pages/sec | 105.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 138.8 Mpixels/sec | 160.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 129.8 pages/sec | 131.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 26.6 images/sec | 30.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 45 images/sec | 46.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.49 Mpixels/sec | 8.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 30.7 GOps/sec | 32.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 21.5 GOps/sec | 19.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 36M Primes/sec | 23M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 14.4M Strings/sec | 15.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 6.6 GBytes/sec | 9.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 122.5 MBytes/sec | 149.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 520 Frames/sec | 555 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 9.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 12.8 PPW | 5.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 188.7 PPW | 77.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 425.5 PPW | 169.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.72 PPW | 1.24 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 3 4100General
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 6, 2020 | April 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 2 (Renoir) | Zen 2 (Renoir) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 6 | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i5 1035G7 | - Intel Core i3 10100F |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (170th and 171st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 32K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 9.8 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 10-25 W (configurable) | 45-65 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 65 W |
| Socket | FP6 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 105°C | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#161st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 6 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1500 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 384 | - |
| TMUs | 24 | - |
| ROPs | 8 | - |
| Execution Units | 6 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 8 |
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