Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Core i3-10100F vs Core i3-12100F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100F beats the Core i3-10100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Core i3-10100F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.