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AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i3-12100. Specifications, performance, tests

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2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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Intel Core i3-12100
Intel Core i3-12100

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or Intel Core i3-12100? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Intel Core i3-12100 has a base frequency of 3.30 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 60 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    6 left arrow 4

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    261 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    279 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    338 place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.1 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    60 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    172 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    184 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    24 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    246 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    555 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 4500
Intel Core i3-12100 Intel Core i3-12100
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000G left arrow Intel Core i 12000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i3
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 12
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Core i3-11100
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 4000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    6x Zen 2 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.1 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz
  • A-Core
    - left arrow 4x Golden Cove
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 4 GHz
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
    None left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 730
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 24
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1400 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 192
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    51.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow 5.0 x 20
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Intel Core i3-12100 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 60 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 89 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Intel Core i3-12100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Alder Lake S
  • Codename
    Renoir left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow 5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 12 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000644BOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000644 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 10 nm
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    AMD Wraith Stealth left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core i3-12100Result difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 122.659947 samples/min Submissions: 18 91.993142 samples/min Submissions: 5 -25.0 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 122.347107 samples/min Submissions: 11 105.233098 samples/min Submissions: 9 -14.0 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Intel Core i3-12100

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 2623.831739 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: BIOSTAR Group / A520MT
Duration: 381.122 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 6 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i3-12100 4121.060266 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 6 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / H610M-HVS/M.2 R2.0
Duration: 242.656 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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