AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i3-12100F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X performs better than the Core i3-12100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.