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Intel Core 3 100U vs AMD Ryzen 3 7440U

47 out of 100
Intel Core 3 100U
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
Intel Core 3 100U
AMD Ryzen 3 7440U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core 3 100U with 6-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 7440U 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7440U and 100U
Advantages of Intel Core 3 100U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 3 100U
vs
Ryzen 3 7440U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 3 100U
379
Ryzen 3 7440U +28%
486
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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)
Core 3 100U +6%
2467
Ryzen 3 7440U
2323
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 3 100U
6387
Ryzen 3 7440U +3%
6571
File compression 599.7 MB/sec 728.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 44.2 Klines/sec 41.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 137.5 pages/sec 125.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 190.2 Mpixels/sec 163.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230 pages/sec 235.2 pages/sec
Background blur 23.6 images/sec 33.6 images/sec
Photo processing 57.2 images/sec 54.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.91 Mpixels/sec 8.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 44 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 3 100U +11%
3496
Ryzen 3 7440U
3158
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 3 100U
12466
Ryzen 3 7440U +5%
13100
Integer math 39.4 GOps/sec 37.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 28.2 GOps/sec 21.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 51M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 15.1M Strings/sec 19.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.1 GBytes/sec 8.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 136 MBytes/sec 149.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 870 Frames/sec 855 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 10.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 510 & 2 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 425.8 PPW 219 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 831.1 PPW 436.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.85 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 3 100U and AMD Ryzen 3 7440U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 October 10, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 100U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64 EU) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 7440U -
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 3 210
Intel CPU rating (#175th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 1
P-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 3
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 30x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 3 100U
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 7440U
1.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 3 100U official page AMD Ryzen 3 7440U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
10 (58.8%)
7 (41.2%)
Total votes: 17

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Comments

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