Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 128.59
$ 27.14 slightly less expensive
$ 155.73

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points
5521 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
4773 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
4617 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4034 points
5215 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
159.49 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
9444 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
2354 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.55 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5 GHz
16% 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

2
Identical
2

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
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 8000 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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100 is faster than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-12100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8500G CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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