Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Ryzen 5 7430U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7430U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. 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 7430U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 7430U 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.
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.
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