AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i3-12100

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i3-12100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100 performs better than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 5300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. Also, the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-12100 CPU because of its significantly 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 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.