AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i3 12100T

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Intel Core i3 12100T

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i3 12100T with 4 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i3 12100T 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Lower TDP (35W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1776

Intel Core i3 12100T +20%

2144

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

Intel Core i3 12100T

7243

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i3 12100T

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 730

-

Generation

Core i3 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

35 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

163 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1400 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

48

-

Raster Operation Units

24

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.35 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i3 12100T

3.0

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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