Intel Core i3 12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i3 12100F with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8500G with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i3 12100F 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (45W vs 58W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i3 12100F

1620

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +11%

1803

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i3 12100F

8429

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +36%

11521

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i3 12100F

2168

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +23%

2674

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i3 12100F

7195

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +46%

10544

Intel Core i3 12100F

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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake-S

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i3-12100F

Processor Number

-

LGA-1700

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-1700

Socket

AM5

58 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

35x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

4

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i3 12100F

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

14

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