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Intel Core i3 12100F vs i3 10100F

48 out of 100
Intel Core i3 12100F
VS
33 out of 100
Intel Core i3 10100F
Intel Core i3 12100F
Intel Core i3 10100F

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3 12100F against the 3.6 GHz i3 10100F. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
113.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
87.6
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10100F and 12100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100F
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 35.2 GB/s (85%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 63% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2529 vs 1549 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 12100F
vs
Core i3 10100F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 792.9 MB/sec 396.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 60.1 Klines/sec 30 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 204.1 pages/sec 124.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.7 Mpixels/sec 155.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.7 pages/sec 152.7 pages/sec
Background blur 48.6 images/sec 27.5 images/sec
Photo processing 82.8 images/sec 56.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.4 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1026 & 412 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 12100F +60%
13953
Core i3 10100F
8703
Integer math 40.8 GOps/sec 28.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 31.9 GOps/sec 17.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 59M Primes/sec 24M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 15.9M Strings/sec 16M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8 GBytes/sec 3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 159.7 MBytes/sec 127.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 972 Frames/sec 553 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.8B Matrices/sec 8.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3972 & 2810 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 12100F +37%
106.99
Core i3 10100F
78.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.6 PPW 4.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 152.2 PPW 76.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 240.6 PPW 133.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.84 PPW 1.2 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 12100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-02 (idkez)Cinebench 202485 / 442
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Intel Core i3 10100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekBench1463 / 3842
📘 2025-09-29 (TC)Cinebench 202469 / 314
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 12100F and i3 10100F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 October 10, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Comet Lake
Model number i3-12100F i3-10100F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F - Intel Core i3 14100F
Intel CPU rating (#171st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 36x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 58 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 89 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (114th and 166th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 12100F official page Intel Core i3 10100F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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