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Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-6700

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

52 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

284 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,071 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,921 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,291

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,009

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

642 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

406 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

983

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

3,204 cb

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

1,774 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,801

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,352

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,094

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

242 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

171 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,204 cb

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

816 cb

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1151
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-13100F	Intel Core i7-7700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x Golden Cove	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	3.70 GHz
L2-Cache	5.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
TDP	58 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i7-6700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, 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	Q3/2015
Release price	97 $	350 $
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 i3-12100F is 4.2 stars (107 ratings), while Intel Core i7-6700 has received 3.9 stars (85 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6700
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★