AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i3-12100

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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Intel Core i3-12100

Price

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$ 120.00

$ 8.59 slightly less expensive

$ 128.59

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3954 points

5115 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points

8339 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points

4166 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points

4001 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4034 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points

111.80 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5688 points

6822 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604 points

2105 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points

6766 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points

2147 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

Identical

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

60 W

8% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

320 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089

337th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Core i3-12100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Ryzen 3 3300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3300X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i3-12100 outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 3300X 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 Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.