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Intel Core i3 12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

48 out of 100
Intel Core i3 12100F
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i3 12100F
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3 12100F with 4-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
113.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
130.1
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500 and 12100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100F
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Around 29.12 GB/s (61%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2529 vs 1961 points
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 12100F
vs
Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2421
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 12100F +29%
2529
Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 792.9 MB/sec 819.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 60.1 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 204.1 pages/sec 147.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.7 Mpixels/sec 233.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.7 pages/sec 191.9 pages/sec
Background blur 48.6 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
Photo processing 82.8 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.4 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1026 & 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 12100F +12%
3433
Ryzen 5 5500
3061
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 12100F
13953
Ryzen 5 5500 +38%
19247
Integer math 40.8 GOps/sec 64.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 31.9 GOps/sec 36.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 59M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 15.9M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8 GBytes/sec 14.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 159.7 MBytes/sec 245.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 972 Frames/sec 881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.8B Matrices/sec 17.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3972 & 15772 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 12100F
106.99
Ryzen 5 5500 +34%
143.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.6 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 152.2 PPW 126.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 240.6 PPW 296.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.84 PPW 2.21 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 12100F
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (idkez)Cinebench 202485 / 442
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 12100F and AMD Ryzen 5 5500

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-12100F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11400
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#172nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 36x
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 Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 58 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 89 W -
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 90ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (115th and 129th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 12100F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Comments

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