AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Ryzen 3 4100

36 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
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36 out of 100
AMD 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.

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General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4100 and 4500U
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 tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1539
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5056
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
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2529
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
11017
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
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2999 & 290 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
80.44

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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 4100

General

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

Performance Cores
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
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
1.2 TFLOPS

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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