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AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i3-12100F. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2013
AMD A8-6600K
AMD A8-6600K
Released
Q1/2022
Overall score
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Intel Core i3-12100F
Intel Core i3-12100F

What's the best choice AMD A8-6600K or Intel Core i3-12100F? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD A8-6600K has a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q2/2013.

Intel Core i3-12100F has a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. 4 / 8 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

AMD A8-6600K Reasons to consider
AMD A8-6600K
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1297 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A8-6600K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    824 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    720 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1089 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1116 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    782 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    598 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    533 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    599 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    485 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    861 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    249 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.58 times less performance per watt

    58 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-12100F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    74 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    201 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    56 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    209 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    46 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    257 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    135 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    420 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    177 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD A8-6600K AMD A8-6600K
Intel Core i3-12100F Intel Core i3-12100F
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD A left arrow Intel Core i3
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 12
  • CPU group
    AMD A8-6000 left arrow Intel Core i 12000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon HD 8570D left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.84 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow
  • Shader
    256 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow
  • Generation
    5 left arrow
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and AMD A8-6600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-6600K and Intel Core i3-12100F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    100 W left arrow 58 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 89 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-6600K and AMD A8-6600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 5.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 12.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Richland (Piledriver) left arrow Alder Lake S
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    FM2 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q1/2022

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD A8-6600K and Intel Core i3-12100F.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
94
AMD A8-6600K
242
Intel Core i3-12100F
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
306
AMD A8-6600K
1204
Intel Core i3-12100F

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