AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 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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Price

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$ 1699.99
$ 93.99
$ 1606.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15743 points
201% significantly better overall score
5223 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
11% slightly better gaming score
8443 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
323% significantly better multitasking score
4270 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
372% significantly better heavy workload score
4098 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
315% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4038 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
551% significantly higher Blender score
106.71 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13857 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7143 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1603 points
2123 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7384 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
2218 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
700% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
700% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W
58 W
382% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

2048 KiB
540% significantly more L1 cache
320 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
966% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

20th of 1,089
323rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core i3-12100F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100F is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 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 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X thanks to a 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 Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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