AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 79.99
$ 14.00 slightly less expensive
$ 93.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points
5223 points
127% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
8443 points
100% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
4270 points
143% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
4098 points
143% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points
4038 points
48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
106.71 points
160% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points
7143 points
155% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
2123 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points
7384 points
159% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
2218 points
122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
58 W
12% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache
320 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
323rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i3-12100F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-12100F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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