AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i3-12100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i3-11100
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  4.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  12x -
• CPU Cores
  12 4
• CPU Threads
  24 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.6 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  5.4 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 4x Golden Cove
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  2 24
• Generation
  9 12
• GPU Frequency
  2200 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU Turbo
  2200 MHz 1400 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  2 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2021
• Shader
  128 192
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  5.0 x 24 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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
  170 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  170 W 60 W
• TDP (PL2)
  230 W 89 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Core i3-12100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raphael (Zen 4) Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Raphael AM5 -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  12 MB 5 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 12 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  100-100000589WOF -
• Release date
  2022-09-27 Q1/2022
• Release price
  549 $ -
• Socket
  AM5 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 5nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d