Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 93.99
$ 430.64 significantly less expensive
$ 524.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5223 points
6883 points
31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points
44% significantly better gaming score
5843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points
7219 points
69% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points
7294 points
77% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points
163.91 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6126 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1087 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W
72% significantly lower TDP
100 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089
199th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i3-12100F vs Xeon Silver 4210R specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Silver 4210R is faster than the Core i3-12100F. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Silver 4210R 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-12100F CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Silver 4210R CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.

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