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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i3-12100F

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 77 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 77 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 378 days newer than Ryzen 5 5500U.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500U

  • Consumes up to 74% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 15 vs 58 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 8% better in Valheim than Ryzen 5 5500U - 215 vs 199 FPS
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Valheim

Valheim

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

199

93%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

215

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.36/FPS

100%

Price, $

$76.8

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 77 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1292

58%

Multi-Core

4612

62%

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Ryzen 5 5500U

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Core i3-12100F

Jan 12th, 2021Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
Ryzen 5CollectionCore i3
LucienneCodenameAlder Lake
AMD Socket FP6SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores4
12
Threads8
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
15 W
TDP58 W
7 nm
Process Size10 nm
21.0xMultiplier
33.0x
Radeon Graphics 448SP
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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