Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 128.59
$ 82.10 significantly less expensive
$ 210.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points
6872 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
26% slightly better gaming score
6615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
7015 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
7122 points
78% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
118.73 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6822 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6014 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2105 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1194 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6063 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1178 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

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
16% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
91% significantly lower TDP
115 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,119
214th of 1,119

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i3-12100 vs Xeon Gold 6128 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6128 is faster than the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6128 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-12100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6128 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6128 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 i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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