AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i3-10110U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i3-10110U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Intel Core i3-10110U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 12% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2977 vs 2193
5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20557 vs 3895

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2021 vs 21 Aug 2019
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2977 vs 2193
PassMark - CPU mark	20557 vs 3895

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-10110U

3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-10110U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2977

2193

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20557

3895

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Intel Core i3-10110U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2977	2193
PassMark - CPU mark	20557	3895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3000
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3000
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		9350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		9350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Intel Core i3-10110U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Comet Lake
Launch date	7 Jan 2021	21 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	585	499
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$281
Processor Number		i3-10110U
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz	4.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	16	4
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	41.66 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		10 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		2.60 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Device ID		0x9B41
Execution Units		23
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max frequency		1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)