Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  6 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

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.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 3.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Intel HD Graphics 520 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 --
• Shader
  192 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 --
• Generation
  9 --
• Technology
  14 nm --
• Release date
  Q3/2015 --

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i3-6100U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-6100U and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  7.5 W 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-6100U and Intel Core i3-6100U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM4
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2022