Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Price

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$ 128.59

$ 68.37

$ 60.22 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points

5312 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points

14% slightly better gaming score

7287 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points

4672 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points

4523 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4034 points

4824 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points

124.29 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6235 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1560 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W

8% slightly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB

384 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089

309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4500 performs better than the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-12100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 4500 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.