Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-1365U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 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
5467 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
7% slightly better gaming score
7832 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
4788 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
4628 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
106.94 points
0.21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% 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
83% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5.2 GHz
20% 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
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089
296th 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 i7-1365U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-12100F is faster than the Core i7-1365U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1365U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1365U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1365U. Despite this, the Core i7-1365U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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