Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel N100

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 4 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
305% significantly better overall score
1289 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
218% significantly better gaming score
2647 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
360% significantly better multitasking score
928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
362% significantly better heavy workload score
886 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4038 points
221% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
1255 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
217% significantly higher Blender score
33.61 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
312% significantly higher clock speed
0.8 GHz

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089
873rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i3-12100F vs N100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the N100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N100 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-12100F has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N100.

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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