Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Athlon 3000G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Athlon 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Athlon
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-11100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Athlon 3000 Series

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

• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove -
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.5 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
  24 3
• Generation
  12 8
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 1100 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 3

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• 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 AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i3-12100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Athlon 3000G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  60 W 35 W
• TDP (PL2)
  89 W -
• Default TDP
  - 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Athlon 3000G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Raven Ridge (Zen)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  5 MB 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Technology
  10 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Picasso
• L1-Cache
  - 0.1875 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD3000C6FHBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD3000C6FHMPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD3000C6M2OFH
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit