Intel Core i3-1115G4 vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1829 points
8158 points
346% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3698 points
10256 points
177% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1348 points
7544 points
459% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1293 points
7441 points
475% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

29.31 points
209.04 points
613% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

3244 points
19648 points
505% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
14
599% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
20
400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.00 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

192 KiB
1120 KiB
483% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
24 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

755th of 1,089
142nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i3
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-1115G4 vs Core i9-12900H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1115G4. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1115G4. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1115G4 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-1115G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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