Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points
22% slightly better overall score
4185 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
40% slightly better gaming score
5956 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
3648 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
3528 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
101.12 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5479 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1585 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
Identical
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
15 W
300% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
421st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 5625U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Ryzen 5 5625U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5625U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5625U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5625U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 5625U outputs less heat than Core i3-12100 thanks to a significantly 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.

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