Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Price

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$ 128.59

$ 16.41 slightly less expensive

$ 145.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points

1% slightly better overall score

5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points

21% slightly better gaming score

6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points

4448 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points

4307 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4034 points

5545 points

37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points

141.41 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly 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

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089

345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 January

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 5500GT comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Ryzen 5 5500GT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-12100 has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500GT has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT 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.