Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Core i7-9700KF vs Core i3-12100F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700KF 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 Core i7-9700KF has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100F. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Core i7-9700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.