Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

5223 points
5291 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
18% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
4729 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
4589 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
129.09 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points
7501 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1825 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
3.30 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W
45 W
28% slightly 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

323rd of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 6600H is faster than the Core i3-12100F. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 6600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-12100F that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 6600H outputs less heat than Core i3-12100F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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