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Intel Celeron G3900 vs Intel Core i3-12100
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
62 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
24 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
29 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
15 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
43 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
22 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Celeron G3900
34 %
Intel HD Graphics 510
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 730
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
49 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron G3900
18 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Celeron (165) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6) | Intel Core i 12000 (34) |
| Architecture | Skylake S | Alder Lake S |
| Technology | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1151 | LGA 1700 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i3-11100B | |
| Successor | Intel Celeron G4900 | Intel Core i3-13100 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x Golden Cove |
| Frequency: | 2.80 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.30 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 5.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 12.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 510 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 0.95 GHz | 0.30 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 96 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2015 | Q1/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 5.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 51 W | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 89 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron G3900 | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date | Q1/2016 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | 122 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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