amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i3 12100
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i3 12100 (Desktop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
- Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
- Newer released 3 years later
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – 60 vs 65 Watt
- Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
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)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | July 7 2019 | January 4 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Matisse | Alder Lake-S |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA1700 |
| Integrated GPU | - | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB (shared) | 12 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm, 12 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 60 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
| GPU Base Clock | MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.4 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | |
| TMUs | 48 | |
| ROPs | 24 | |
| Execution Units | 24 | |
| TGP | W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i3 12100 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page | Intel Core i3 12100 official page |
| PCI Express Version | ||
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |