Intel Core i3-12100F Benchmark

Intel Core i3-12100F Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 4 core Intel 12th Generation Core i3 LGA 1700 CPU rating. Is the Core i3-12100F good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

52 %

Very Good score from 8 samples
Low uncertainty

Performance

Very Good

Ranking

183rd of 1,237

Popularity

16th of 1,237

Samples

8 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

52 %

Gaming

Very Good

84 %

Multitasking

Very Good

43 %

Heavy Workloads

Very Good

41 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

6,102

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

1,618

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

6,510

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i3-12100F compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X	58 %
Intel Core i5-11400F	57 %
AMD Ryzen 5 4500	53 %
Intel Core i3-12100F	52 %
Intel Core i5-10400F	49 %
Intel Core i5-9400F	39 %
Intel Core i7-3770	27 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed	4.3 GHz
Cores	4
Threads	8
L1 Cache	320 KiB
L3 Cache	12 MiB
PCIe Revision	5
PCIe Lanes	20
Socket	LGA 1700
Family	12th Generation Core i3
Memory Type	DDR5-4800
Memory Channels	2
Max Memory	128 GiB
Release Date	2022-02-01
Has Unlocked Multiplier	No
TDP	58 W

Intel Core i3-12100F

The Core i3-12100F is a 4 core CPU from Intel released in 2022. This chip has a very good overall score at 52% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 84%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i3-12100F scores 43% and 41% respectively. Indeed, this is a very good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i3-12100F has 4 cores and 8 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3.3 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.3 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i3-12100F makes use of DDR5-4800 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 128 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled.

In terms of cache, the Core i3-12100F has 320 KiB of level 1 cache, and 12 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 5. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 20 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i3-12100F CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 58 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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