Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
16% slightly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
27% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
3630 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
86.99 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
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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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 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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