AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i3 12100F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i3 12100F 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 5950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i3 12100F 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

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

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (58W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +3%

1684

Intel Core i3 12100F

1620

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +241%

28782

Intel Core i3 12100F

8429

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +2%

2218

Intel Core i3 12100F

2168

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +93%

13903

Intel Core i3 12100F

7195

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +9%

1819

Intel Core i3 12100F

1666

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +191%

18397

Intel Core i3 12100F

6314

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

3471

Intel Core i3 12100F

3477

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +219%

45659

Intel Core i3 12100F

14269

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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Intel Core i3 12100F

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i3-12100F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

105 W

Power Consumption

58 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

32

Performance Core Threads

8

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

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

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 12100F

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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