AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i3-12100

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i3-12100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700X is faster than the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-12100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X 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 Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.