Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
5419 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
25% slightly better gaming score
6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
5010 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
4902 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
130.22 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1630 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
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

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
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 7

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

No
No

Core i3-12100F vs Ryzen 7 7730U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7730U performs better than the Core i3-12100F. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7730U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U outputs less heat than Core i3-12100F thanks to a significantly 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.

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