AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5 12600KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 12600KF with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600KF 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

1122

Intel Core i5 12600KF +70%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5647

Intel Core i5 12600KF +212%

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

1434

Intel Core i5 12600KF +81%

2597

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5105

Intel Core i5 12600KF +153%

12937

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

95

Intel Core i5 12600KF +174%

261

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

1269

Intel Core i5 12600KF +44%

1839

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

5059

Intel Core i5 12600KF +129%

11626

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

2413

Intel Core i5 12600KF +63%

3934

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

11547

Intel Core i5 12600KF +137%

27408

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

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Intel Core i5 12600KF

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

10

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600KF

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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