Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

2549 points
3216 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points
8% slightly better gaming score
4347 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points
2881 points
48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points
2795 points
50% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points
84.65 points
79% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
139% significantly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
800 KiB
212% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6.5 MiB
550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

616th of 1,089
509th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-8100 vs Core i3-1220P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1220P is faster than the Core i3-8100. Despite this, the Core i3-8100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8100. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1220P has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8100. The Core i3-1220P also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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