Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Athlon II X4 631. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano)
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  12 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-11100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x

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 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2021 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X4 631 and Intel Core i3-12100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 2.0
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 21.3 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Athlon II X4 631 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  60 W 100 W
• TDP (PL2)
  89 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and AMD Athlon II X4 631, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Llano
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  5 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2011
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FM1
• Technology
  10 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V