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Intel Core 3 100U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

47 out of 100
Intel Core 3 100U
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core 3 100U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core 3 100U against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 100U
Advantages of Intel Core 3 100U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • 62% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2467 vs 1526 points
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 1.3 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 3 100U
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

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 3 100U +62%
2467
Ryzen 5 5500U
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 3 100U +6%
6387
Ryzen 5 5500U
6005
File compression 599.7 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 44.2 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 137.5 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 190.2 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 23.6 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 57.2 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.91 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 44 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 3 100U +46%
3496
Ryzen 5 5500U
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 3 100U
12466
Ryzen 5 5500U +1%
12609
Integer math 39.4 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 28.2 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 51M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 15.1M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8.1 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 136 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 870 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 510 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core 3 100U
57.69
Ryzen 5 5500U +59%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 425.8 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 831.1 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.85 PPW 3.68 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 3 100U
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 3 100U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number 100U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 7440U - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel CPU rating (#175th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 512 448
TMUs 32 28
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 3 100U
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +23%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 3 100U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Comments

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