Intel Core i3 12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

45 out of 100
Intel Core i3 12100
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

We compared two CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3 12100 (desktop) with 4-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5625U (laptop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5625U and 12100
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2215 vs 1906 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
  • More powerful AMD Radeon Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2215
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7427
File compression 631.3 MB/sec 621.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 46.7 Klines/sec 48.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 170.3 pages/sec 104.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 201.3 Mpixels/sec 176.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.5 pages/sec 195.5 pages/sec
Background blur 39.3 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Photo processing 68.8 images/sec 45.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.9 Mpixels/sec 11.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 979 & 966 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3241
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
14337
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 53.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 29 GOps/sec 29.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 49M Primes/sec 43M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.7M Strings/sec 18M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.4 GBytes/sec 10.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 146.2 MBytes/sec 171.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 778 Frames/sec 627 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10B Matrices/sec 11.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3117 & 2357 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
111.87
104.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.2 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 123.8 PPW 427.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 208.4 PPW 955.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.86 PPW 6.96 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 12100
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-16 (Richard)Geekbench 6 CPU1913 / 6549
📘 2024-05-22 (Guest #1)Cinebench 202474 / 379

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 12100 and AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-12100 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 730 Radeon Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1245U
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100 - AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Intel CPU rating (#189th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#149th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 60 W 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 89 W -
Socket LGA-1700 FP6
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#130th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 192 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 24 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.5 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 12100 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5625U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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