Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Price

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$ 93.99

$ 59.40

$ 34.59 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5223 points

34% slightly better overall score

3892 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points

33% slightly better gaming score

6333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points

35% slightly better multitasking score

3162 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

3035 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

80.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4865 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1512 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W

12% slightly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089

443rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 3 4100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100F is faster than the Ryzen 3 4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F.

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