Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 93.99
$ 119.00 significantly less expensive
$ 212.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5223 points
7399 points
41% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
8984 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
6877 points
61% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
6735 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4038 points
6914 points
71% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
207.23 points
94% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7143 points
9632 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2123 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2079 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points
9706 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2147 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.40 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB
512 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089
170th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 7 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

No
Yes

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 7 5700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700X beats the Core i3-12100F in overall performance. 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 7 5700X has significantly more cores with 8 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 Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5700X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.

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