Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i3-13100

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-13100

Price

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$ 128.59

$ 21.41 slightly less expensive

$ 150.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points

5725 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points

9495 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points

4614 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points

4425 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

105.40 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6822 points

6928 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2105 points

2112 points

0.33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points

7226 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points

2247 points

4% slightly 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

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

Identical

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089

273rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-12100 vs Core i3-13100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-13100 is faster than the Core i3-12100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.