Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD 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
2% slightly better overall score
4985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
27% slightly better gaming score
6530 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
4496 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
4354 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
87.35 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
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.20 GHz

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089
350th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
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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
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition benchmarks

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition 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 Microsoft Surface Edition.

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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