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Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 75 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

610 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

1,866 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

9,120 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

2,658

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

10,506

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 730

538

Intel Arc 140V

6,240

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core Ultra 200V (9)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Lunar Lake
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700	BGA 2833
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-11100B
Successor	Intel Core i3-13100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Golden Cove 3.30 - 4.30 GHz	4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Skymont 0 - 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache	5.00 MB	14.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 730	Intel Arc 140V
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.40 GHz	0.60 - 1.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	64 / 1024
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2021	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 47 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
TDP	60 W	17 W
TDP (PL2)	89 W	37 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	110 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2024
Release price	122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-12100 is 4.4 stars (122 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 258V has received 3.3 stars (354 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★