Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. 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
• Successor
  -- AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 8 12 / 24
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.80 GHz
• 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
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Core i3-12100F. 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
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100F and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  58 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  89 W 142 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i3-12100F, 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 6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 64.00 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