Intel Core i3-10105F vs Intel Core i3-12100

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-12100

Price

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$ 126.17

$ 2.42 slightly less expensive

$ 128.59

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3607 points

5115 points

41% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5758 points

8339 points

44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2966 points

4166 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2847 points

4001 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3270 points

4034 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.54 points

111.80 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4584 points

6766 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1481 points

2147 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

60 W

8% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

474th of 1,089

337th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3

12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-10105F vs Core i3-12100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100 is faster than the Core i3-10105F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10105F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10105F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Core i3-10105F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100 outputs less heat than Core i3-10105F 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 i3-10105F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.