Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Core i3-12100 vs Core Ultra 7 265K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-12100. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.