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£98.97
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $122
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MSRP in USD: $122
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $299
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MSRP in USD: $299
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 5700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100 is 90 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 7 5700X.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100
- Up to 34% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5700X - £98.97 vs £149.9
- Up to 34% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 7 5700X - £0.67 vs £1.02 per FPS
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5700X - 60 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 5700X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100 - 16 vs 8 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
147
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.67/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.97
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
Buy for £98.97 on Amazon
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Updated 13006 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, 36 MB cache, up to 4.6 GHz max boost)
Buy for £149.9 on Amazon
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Updated 13006 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 7 5700X
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-12100 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
60 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i3-12100 or Ryzen 7 5700X
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
126 FPS
£8.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,069.95
In Stock
126 FPS
£10.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,299.95
In Stock
126 FPS
£9.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,150.02
In Stock
112 FPS
£7.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£829.98
In Stock
126 FPS
£11.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,405.2
In Stock
112 FPS
£10.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,149.6
In Stock
101 FPS
£10.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,064.4
In Stock
112 FPS
£9.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,049.95
In Stock
145 FPS
£13.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,941.6
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