AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Intel Core i9 12900KS

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i9 12900KS with 16 cores 3.4GHz . 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

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 150W)

Intel Core i9 12900KS 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1093

Intel Core i9 12900KS +90%

2082

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

5922

Intel Core i9 12900KS +369%

27796

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1499

Intel Core i9 12900KS +70%

2559

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4574

Intel Core i9 12900KS +239%

15546

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

77

Intel Core i9 12900KS +432%

410

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1167

Intel Core i9 12900KS +74%

2041

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4580

Intel Core i9 12900KS +286%

17685

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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Intel Core i9 12900KS

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Apr 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Renoir

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i9-12900KS

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

65 W

Power Consumption

150 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

156 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

34x

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 12900KS

3

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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