Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS

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
5256 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
19% slightly better gaming score
6981 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
4714 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
4573 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
112.70 points
0.81% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
7001 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1765 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
3.30 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.55 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
54 W
11% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB
512 KiB
60% significantly 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
315th 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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 7535HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Ryzen 5 7535HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7535HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 7535HS 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 7535HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-12100.

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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