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Intel Core i3 10100F vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

33 out of 100
Intel Core i3 10100F
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Intel Core i3 10100F
AMD Ryzen 3 4100

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 10100F against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 4100. 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
87.6
(Very good)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4100 and 10100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 10100F
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4100
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 10100F
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 396.6 MB/sec 434.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 30 Klines/sec 32 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 124.3 pages/sec 105.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 155.8 Mpixels/sec 160.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 152.7 pages/sec 131.4 pages/sec
Background blur 27.5 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 56.9 images/sec 46.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.74 Mpixels/sec 8.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 412 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 10100F
8703
Ryzen 3 4100 +27%
11017
Integer math 28.3 GOps/sec 32.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 17.7 GOps/sec 19.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 24M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16M Strings/sec 15.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 127.4 MBytes/sec 149.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 553 Frames/sec 555 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.6B Matrices/sec 9.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 290 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 10100F
78.14
Ryzen 3 4100 +3%
80.44

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 4.8 PPW 5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 76.4 PPW 77.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 133.9 PPW 169.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.2 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
Intel Core i3 10100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekbench 6 CPU1463 / 3842
📘 2025-09-29 (TC)Cinebench 202469 / 314
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AMD Ryzen 3 4100
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 10100F and AMD Ryzen 3 4100

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 10, 2020 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i3-10100F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 3100 - Intel Core i3 10100F
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#171st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 38x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (167th and 161st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 10100F official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 8

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Comments

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