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Intel Core i3-12100 vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Rank 2 - 35 %

MediaTek Dimensity 800U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Rank 2 - 26 %

MediaTek Dimensity 800U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

753

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

1,882

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

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

593

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

1,783

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 730

538

ARM Mali-G57 MP3

365

More benchmarks

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

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 (4)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Technology	10 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-11100B
Successor	Intel Core i3-13100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
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	2x Cortex-A76 2.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache	5.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 730	ARM Mali-G57 MP3
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.40 GHz	0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	3 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	4 GB
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q1/2021	Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	12 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
TDP	60 W
TDP (PL2)	89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100	MediaTek Dimensity 800U
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2020
Release price	122 $
Documents	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 (127 ratings), while MediaTek Dimensity 800U has received 3.9 stars (15 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 800U
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

★★★★★