AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Processor N100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 Intel Processor N50/N100/N200
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Processor N
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 13
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2600X -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600X -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x Gracemont
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.2 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
  None Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 750 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2023
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 10 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Processor N100 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1 (Single Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 x16 3.0 x 9
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 38.4 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Processor N100 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  95 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Processor N100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Alder Lake N
• Codename
  Matisse -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000022BOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  100-100000022MPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000022 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release date
  2019-07-07 Q1/2023
• Socket
  AM4 BGA
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Release price
  - 128 $