Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  6 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD Ryzen 5025U
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

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 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• 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 AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 1.75 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 8
• Shader
  192 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 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 32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-6100U and AMD Ryzen 7 5825U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  7.5 W 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 105 °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
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Barcelo (Zen 3)
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 FP6
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2022