Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Price

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$ 128.59

$ 20.89 slightly less expensive

$ 149.48

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points

6416 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points

8665 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points

5694 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points

5516 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4034 points

5539 points

37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points

139.36 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points

7974 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2039 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

4.59 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% 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

225th 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 5600GT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600GT performs better than the Core i3-12100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-12100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-12100. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.