Intel Core i3 10110U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i3 10110U with 2-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3500U and 10110U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 10110U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1170 vs 732 points
  • Newer - released 8-months later
  • Around 5.9 GB/s (16%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
2763

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)
2845
File compression 210.7 MB/sec 250.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 13.8 Klines/sec 20.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 56.4 pages/sec 66.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 51 Mpixels/sec 97 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 111.9 pages/sec 66.1 pages/sec
Background blur 12.2 images/sec 12 images/sec
Photo processing 25.9 images/sec 29.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.73 Mpixels/sec 5.17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2224
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
7004
Integer math 12.3 GOps/sec 25.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 7.7 GOps/sec 12.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 14M Primes/sec 15M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.8M Strings/sec 11.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 1.3 GBytes/sec 6.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 51.8 MBytes/sec 97.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 303 Frames/sec 370 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 3.4B Matrices/sec 3.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 10110U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released August 21, 2019 January 6, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i3-10110U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 Radeon Vega 8

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-35 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1528 FP5
Peak temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 192 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 8
TGP 15 W 65 W
Max. Resolution 4096x2304 - 60 Hz 3840x2160 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
1.13 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
- DDR4-2400
Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.66 GB/s 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i3 10110U official page AMD Ryzen 5 3500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12
Extended instructions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i3 10110U?
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