amd ryzen 5 5600x vs intel core i3 12100f

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
VS
Intel Core i3 12100F
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i3 12100F

We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i3 12100F (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.

  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
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i3 12100F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 11% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X – 58 vs 65 Watt
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 5600x +28%
11849
core i3 12100f
8524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 5600x +35%
22257
core i3 12100f
14474
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 5600x +29%
8925
core i3 12100f
6377

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 5600x and core i3 12100f

General

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 January 1 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Fabrication process 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 58 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Memory types DDR4-3200 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 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i3 12100F
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page Intel Core i3 12100F official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 12100F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X?