AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Core i3-12100F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 2700 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700. Also, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700 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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.