AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core i3-12100

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5963 points
16% slightly better overall score
5115 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
8339 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5498 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
4166 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5377 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
4001 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6250 points
54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4034 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.72 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
111.80 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6868 points
0.67% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6822 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1714 points
2105 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7168 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6766 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1749 points
2147 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
33% slightly lower TDP
60 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache
320 KiB

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

251st of 1,089
337th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core i3-12100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800H is faster than the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-12100 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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