Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

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

13% slightly better overall score

4604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points

34% slightly better gaming score

6298 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

4083 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

3956 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

104.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5620 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1634 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

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

15 W

286% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

380th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 5 7530U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100F beats the Ryzen 5 7530U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7530U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 7530U 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U.

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.