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Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i7-12700E

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 31 %

Intel Core i3-3220

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 11 %

Intel Core i3-3220

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

558

12C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,459

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,195

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,321

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

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

648

12C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,665

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

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,376

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

10,170

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

More benchmarks

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

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 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 i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Alder Lake S
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1700
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.30 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
TDP	55 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i7-12700E
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2012	Q1/2022
Release price	117 $	344 $
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 i3-3220 is 3.9 stars (35 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700E has received 4.7 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3220
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700E
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★