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Intel Core i3 9100F vs AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

30 out of 100
Intel Core i3 9100F
VS
27 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Intel Core i3 9100F
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 9100F against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3200G. 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
34.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
46.7
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3200G and 9100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 9100F
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1422 vs 1109 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
  • Around 6.21 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Vega 8

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 9100F
vs
Ryzen 3 3200G

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)
Core i3 9100F +28%
1422
Ryzen 3 3200G
1109
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F +19%
4012
Ryzen 3 3200G
3364
File compression 328.4 MB/sec 356.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27.2 Klines/sec 21.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 88 pages/sec 74.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 121.2 Mpixels/sec 109.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.3 pages/sec 97.9 pages/sec
Background blur 26.7 images/sec 17.1 images/sec
Photo processing 43.1 images/sec 36.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 4.67 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 898 & 876 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 9100F +14%
2481
Ryzen 3 3200G
2183
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 17.9 GOps/sec 20.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 13 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 11.2M Strings/sec 10.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 4.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 91.4 MBytes/sec 85.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 483 Frames/sec 393 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8B Matrices/sec 4.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2876 & 4618 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 9100F +10%
52.16
Ryzen 3 3200G
47.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.8 PPW 3.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 61.7 PPW 51.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 103.1 PPW 107.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.8 PPW 0.73 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 9100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-31 (Elitube)GeekBench1497 / 4340
📘 2024-08-16 (Mahdi)Cinebench 202458 / 207
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AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-06-28 (mj07mayo)Cinebench 202456 / 226
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 9100F and AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 23, 2019 September 30, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i3-9100F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 3200G -
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F - AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#185th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (179th and 185th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1250 MHz
Shading Units - 512
TMUs - 32
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 8
TGP - 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 9100F
n/a
Ryzen 3 3200G
1.3 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 8 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 9100F official page AMD Ryzen 3 3200G official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 8

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