AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i3 12100

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Intel Core i3 12100

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i3 12100 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i3 12100 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (60W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1349

Intel Core i3 12100 +23%

1662

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +205%

24396

Intel Core i3 12100

7985

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i3 12100 +29%

2214

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +56%

11656

Intel Core i3 12100

7431

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i3 12100 +32%

1697

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +130%

14487

Intel Core i3 12100

6276

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i3 12100 +27%

3433

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +186%

38953

Intel Core i3 12100

13580

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i3 12100

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i3-12100

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 730

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

60 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

89 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

32

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

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

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 12100

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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