Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-1360P

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 12 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

5223 points
0.33% slightly better overall score
5206 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7760 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
4483 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
4346 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4038 points
4470 points
10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
123.53 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

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
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

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

323rd of 1,089
325th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i3-12100F vs Core i7-1360P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1360P beats the Core i3-12100F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1360P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1360P. Despite this, the Core i7-1360P has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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