AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 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

5087 points
5115 points
0.55% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6161 points
8339 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4760 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
4166 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4001 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.86 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
111.80 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6263 points
6822 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1671 points
2105 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6881 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6766 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1741 points
2147 points
23% 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

1.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
73% significantly 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

15 W
300% significantly 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

340th 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 5800U vs Core i3-12100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800U performs better 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 5800U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800U 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U 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.

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 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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