Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 5 5600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600 performs better than the Core i3-12100F. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 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.