Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 3
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-11100 AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.30 GHz 4.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.40 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i3-12100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  60 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  89 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

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

• 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
  5.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Matisse (Zen 2)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2019