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Intel Core i3 10105F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

33 out of 100
Intel Core i3 10105F
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i3 10105F
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i3 10105F with 4-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6-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
31.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
130.1
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500 and 10105F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 10105F
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1961 vs 1530 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 10105F
vs
Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2421
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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 i3 10105F
1530
Ryzen 5 5500 +28%
1961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 10105F
4889
Ryzen 5 5500 +68%
8220
File compression 364.5 MB/sec 819.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 32.6 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 111.4 pages/sec 147.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 159.2 Mpixels/sec 233.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 154.5 pages/sec 191.9 pages/sec
Background blur 27.8 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
Photo processing 49.7 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.06 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 925 & 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 10105F
2645
Ryzen 5 5500 +16%
3061
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 10105F
8866
Ryzen 5 5500 +117%
19247
Integer math 28.9 GOps/sec 64.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 18.2 GOps/sec 36.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 24M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.4M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 14.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 130.8 MBytes/sec 245.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 557 Frames/sec 881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.8B Matrices/sec 17.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1423 & 15772 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 10105F
74.27
Ryzen 5 5500 +93%
143.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.1 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 75.2 PPW 126.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 136.4 PPW 296.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.14 PPW 2.21 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 10105F
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-15 (MrRayeen)Geekbench 6 CPU1507 / 4726
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-23 (nmasl)Cinebench 202469 / 331
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
Add View all (15)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 10105F and AMD Ryzen 5 5500

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 15, 2021 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-10105F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11400
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 36x
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) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 90ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (166th and 129th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 10105F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
8 (19%)
34 (81%)
Total votes: 42

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Comments

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