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Intel Core i3-4100M vs Intel Core i5-12600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 31 %
Intel Core i3-4100M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12600
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 14 %
Intel Core i3-4100M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-4100M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
768
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
2,386
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-4100M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
1,645
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
10,379
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-4100M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
586
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,958
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-4100M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
1,384
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
9,075
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-4100M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
368
Intel Core i5-12600
Intel UHD Graphics 770
742

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureHaswell HAlder Lake S
Technology22 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPGA 946LGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Core i5-11600
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x Golden Cove
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache7.50 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB18.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.20 - 1.15 GHz0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16032 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology22 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 165.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
TDP37 W65 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-4100MIntel Core i5-12600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ4/2013Q1/2022
Release price223 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-4100M
Intel Core i3-4100M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
Intel Core i5-12600
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 3.30 - 4.80 GHz

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