AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i9 12900K with 16 cores 32GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1093

Intel Core i9 12900K +85%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

5922

Intel Core i9 12900K +363%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1499

Intel Core i9 12900K +75%

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4574

Intel Core i9 12900K +271%

17004

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

77

Intel Core i9 12900K +422%

402

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1167

Intel Core i9 12900K +68%

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4580

Intel Core i9 12900K +271%

17028

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Renoir

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))

Generation

-

Package

9.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

156 mm²

Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

4 MB

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

3

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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