AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3100

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2421 vs 2152
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11621 vs 8734
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 2987 vs 2013
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 May 2020 vs 12 February 2018
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 vs 2152
PassMark - CPU mark 11621 vs 8734
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2987 vs 2013

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3100
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2421
2152
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11621
8734
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
2987
2013
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 2152
PassMark - CPU mark 11621 8734
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2987 2013
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 853
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3173
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 375.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3310
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3310
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10372

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 7 May 2020 12 February 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1184 377
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN PIB YD2400C5FBBOX
OPN Tray YD2400C5M4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $158.99
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Value for money (0-100) 17.20

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm FinFET
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Number of GPU cores 11
Transistor count 4500 Million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 46-65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Wraith Stealth

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0 x8

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1250 MHz
iGPU core count 11
Processor graphics Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD VR Ready Processors
Enmotus FuzeDrive
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)