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Intel Celeron G6900 vs Intel Core i3-12100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 80 %
Intel Celeron G6900
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 38 %
Intel Celeron G6900
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G6900
2C / 2T · 3.40 GHz
1,754
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
2,157
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G6900
2C / 2T · 3.40 GHz
3,177
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
7,428
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G6900
2C / 2T · 3.40 GHz
1,335
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,716
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G6900
2C / 2T · 3.40 GHz
2,547
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
6,422
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron G6900
Intel UHD Graphics 710
332
Intel Core i3-12100
Intel UHD Graphics 730
538

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Celeron G6000 (4)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SAlder Lake S
Technology10 nm10 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Celeron G5900Intel Core i3-11100B
SuccessorIntel Core i3-13100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Golden Cove 4x Golden Cove
Frequency: 3.40 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB5.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 710Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.30 GHz0.30 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2022Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 205.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
TDP46 W60 W
TDP (PL2)89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Celeron G6900Intel Core i3-12100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ1/2022Q1/2022
Release price50 $122 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron G6900
Intel Celeron G6900
2C / 2T · 3.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-12100
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz

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