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Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i3-6320

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Rank 2 - 60 %
Intel Core i3-6320
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100
Rank 2 - 35 %
Intel Core i3-6320
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
2,157
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,311
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
7,428
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,730
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 Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,011
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 Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,331
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-12100
Intel UHD Graphics 730
538
Intel Core i3-6320
Intel HD Graphics 530
442
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
242 cb
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
160 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
1,204 cb
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
413 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SSkylake S
Technology10 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-11100B
SuccessorIntel Core i3-13100Intel Core i3-7320

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Golden Cove 2x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache5.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 730Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.40 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2021Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
TDP60 W51 W
TDP (PL2)89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-12100Intel Core i3-6320
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+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2015
Release price122 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-12100
Intel Core i3-12100
4C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i3-6320
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

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