Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 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

5115 points
5286 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points
4615 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points
4471 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points
121.37 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points
7586 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1985 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% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
45 W
33% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB
480 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089
312th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i3-12100 vs Xeon W-11855M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-11855M beats the Core i3-12100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-12100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon W-11855M has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Xeon W-11855M has 6 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 i3-12100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon W-11855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-11855M outputs less heat than Core i3-12100 thanks to a slightly 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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