Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Core i3-12100F vs Core i7-13700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700K beats the Core i3-12100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores with 16 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 i7-13700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.