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Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Atom N2100

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 ?

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank ?

Intel Atom N2100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank 2 - 1 %

Intel Atom N2100

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Atom (108)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Atom N2000 (3)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Cedarview
Technology	10 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	BGA 559
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	1 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz	1x 1.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	0.50 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	PowerVR SGX545
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 GHz	0.64 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	4 / 32
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	10 nm	32
Release date	Q4/2021	Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-800 (8.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	4 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
TDP	125 W	3.5 W
TDP (PL2)	190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Atom N2100
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+	SSE3
Release date	Q4/2021	Q4/2011
Release price	409 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700K is 4.4 stars (125 ratings), while Intel Atom N2100 has received 2.0 stars (7 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Atom N2100
1C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

★★★★★