Intel Core i3 12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
We compared two CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3 12100F (desktop) with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (laptop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100F
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year later
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 52% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1679 vs 1108 points
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | i3-12100F | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 33x | 21x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | FP6 |
| TDP | 58 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP | 89 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 448 |
| TMUs | - | 28 |
| ROPs | - | 7 |
| TGP | - | 10-45 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i3 12100F official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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