AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i3-8100. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000U Intel Core i 8000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  6 8
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-7100
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i3-9100

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.80 GHz 3.60 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  1.90 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  2 24
• Shader
  128 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9.5
• Technology
  6 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q4/2017

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i3-8100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  8 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  6 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FT6 LGA 1151-2
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) Coffee Lake S
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q4/2017
• Part Number
  100-000000770 --