Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD A8-5500

Core i3-12100F vs A8-5500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100F is faster than the A8-5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-12100F has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-5500 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-5500. A Core i3-12100F CPU outputs less heat than a A8-5500 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.