Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Core i3-7100 vs Core i3-12100F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-12100F beats the Core i3-7100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-12100F has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-7100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. A Core i3-7100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-12100F CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.