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Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i3-12100 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i3-12100 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 266 days newer than Core i3-12100.

Advantages of Core i3-12100

  • Consumes up to 65% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 60 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 8% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i3-12100 - 337 vs 312 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100 - 32 vs 8 threads
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

312

93%

Value, £/FPS

£0.32/FPS

100%

Price, £

£100.97

100%

Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz

Buy for £100.97 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 248 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

337

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2149

73%

Multi-Core

6877

36%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo

Core i3-12100

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Jan 4th, 2022Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i3CollectionRyzen 9
Alder LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1700SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
3.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
4.3 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
60 W
TDP170 W
10 nmProcess Size
5 nm
33.0xMultiplier
45.0x
UHD Graphics 730Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

PCs Using Core i3-12100 or Ryzen 9 7950X

With selected game settings

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