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Intel Core i3 9100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

30 out of 100
Intel Core i3 9100F
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Intel Core i3 9100F
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 9100F against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3400G. 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
52.4
(Average)
Value Index
36.6
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3400G and 9100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 9100F
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1422 vs 1196 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
  • Around 6.21 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 11

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 9100F
vs
Ryzen 5 3400G

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 +19%
1422
Ryzen 5 3400G
1196
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 328.4 MB/sec 345.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27.2 Klines/sec 27.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 88 pages/sec 93.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 121.2 Mpixels/sec 131.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.3 pages/sec 108.6 pages/sec
Background blur 26.7 images/sec 17.6 images/sec
Photo processing 43.1 images/sec 38.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 6.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 898 & 538 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F
6701
Ryzen 5 3400G +37%
9179
Integer math 17.9 GOps/sec 31.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 16 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 11.2M Strings/sec 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 91.4 MBytes/sec 130.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 483 Frames/sec 484 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8B Matrices/sec 5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2876 & 4680 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 9100F
52.16
Ryzen 5 3400G +35%
70.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.8 PPW 4.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 61.7 PPW 60.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 103.1 PPW 141.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.8 PPW 1.09 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)Geekbench 6 CPU1497 / 4340
📘 2024-08-16 (Mahdi)Cinebench 202458 / 207
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-21 (kent)Cinebench 202458 / 292
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 9100F and AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 23, 2019 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i3-9100F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon RX Vega 11
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 3200G - Intel Core i5 9400
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#183rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 37x
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 (182nd and 185th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1300 MHz
Shading Units - 704
TMUs - 44
ROPs - 16
Execution Units - 11
TGP - 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 9100F
n/a
Ryzen 5 3400G
1.8 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 11 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 5 3400G official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 8

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67 (72.8%)
Total votes: 92

Comments

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