Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Core i3-12100F vs Core i7-11600H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100F is faster than the Core i7-11600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11600H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-12100F that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11600H. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.