Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Desktop 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
5305 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7718 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
4564 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
4406 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
125.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
7066 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1942 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
3.40 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
35 W
71% 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
310th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 June

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 PRO 5650GE specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE beats the Core i3-12100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE 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.

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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