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£70
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MSRP $159
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 5500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 69 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 5 5500.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 3% better in DOOM Eternal than Ryzen 5 5500 - 524 vs 508 FPS
- Up to 17% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5500 - £70.00 vs £84.00
- Up to 24% better value when playing DOOM Eternal than Ryzen 5 5500 - £0.13 vs £0.17 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads
DOOM Eternal
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
524
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.13/FPS
100%
Price, £
£70
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
Buy for £70 on Amazon
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Updated 6288 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Processor (6 cores/12 threads, 65W DTP, AM4 socket, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost, wraith stealth cooler)
Buy for £84 on Amazon
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Updated 6288 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-12100F | vs | Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i3-12100F or Ryzen 5 5500
With selected game settings
204 FPS
£3.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£750
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204 FPS
£3.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£799.98
In Stock
239 FPS
£3.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£829.95
In Stock
181 FPS
£6.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£1,099.95
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181 FPS
£4.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£729.99
In Stock
134 FPS
£8.91/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,193.78
In Stock
217 FPS
£6.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£1,429.95
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256 FPS
£4.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,269.99
In Stock
166 FPS
£5.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£934.99
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