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Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700KF

Rank 2 - 60 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700KF

Rank 2 - 33 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,519

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

5,272

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

454 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,134

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,265

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen 3 (34)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology	10 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz	4x Zen 2 3.80 - 4.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	2.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	190 W
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700KF	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2021	Q2/2022
Release price	384 $	99 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700KF is 4.5 stars (76 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 3 4100 has received 4.4 stars (25 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C / 8T · 3.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★