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Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Rank 2 - 6 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,716
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C / 2T · 1.86 GHz
256
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
6,422
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C / 2T · 1.86 GHz
471

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SConroe (Core)
Technology10 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 775
PredecessorIntel Core i3-11100B
SuccessorIntel Core i3-13100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Golden Cove 2x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 1.86 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache5.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 730no iGPU
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
TDP60 W65 W
TDP (PL2)89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core2 Duo E6300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2006
Release price122 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-12100
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C / 2T · 1.86 GHz

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