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Intel Core i7-1280P vs Intel Core i3-12100

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 2 - 98 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i3-12100

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

77 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

437 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,848 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

13,549 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,167

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

9,827

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

707 cb

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

642 cb

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

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,587

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

5,222 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

3,204 cb

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

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

10,126

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,223

Intel UHD Graphics 730

538

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

264 cb

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

242 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

2,103 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,204 cb

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 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 i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Alder Lake U	Alder Lake S
Technology	10 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1744	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i3-11100B
Successor		Intel Core i3-13100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 20	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 1.80 - 4.80 GHz	4x Golden Cove 3.30 - 4.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 1.30 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	11.50 MB	5.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.45 GHz	0.30 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	96 / 768	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
Memory	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 28	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
TDP	28 W	60 W
TDP (PL2)	64 W	89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-1280P	Intel Core i3-12100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2022
Release price		122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-1280P
14C / 20T · 1.80 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★