Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core i3-14100F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core i3 (14th gen) 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

5807 points
5870 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
9719 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
4712 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
4503 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
109.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
250% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,121
277th of 1,121

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core i3 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-12800H vs Core i3-14100F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-14100F is faster than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-14100F. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-14100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-14100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-14100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i3-14100F has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-14100F.

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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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