Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i5-1335U

Core i3-12100 vs Core i5-1335U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100 beats the Core i5-1335U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1335U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1335U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i3-12100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1335U. Despite this, the Core i5-1335U 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.