Intel Core i3-12100F Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-12100F has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1700 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i3-12100F scores 1,716 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,422 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-12100F. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-12100F. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-12100F |
| Family: | Intel Core i3 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 12000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 12 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Intel Core i3-13100F |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i3-12100F has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-12100F is 3.30 GHz (4.30 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 8 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x Golden Cove |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 4.30 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 4.00 GHz |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 |
| Max. Memory: | 128 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 5.0 x 20 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 58 W |
| TDP (PL2): | 89 W |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i3-12100F is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 17.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1700 |
| L2-Cache: | 5.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 12.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Alder Lake S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | 97 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-12100F have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9700
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9700F
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10505
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.|
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12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12650H
10C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1265UL
10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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AMD EPYC 7351P
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10900T
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6900K
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1365UE
10C 12T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1345U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2336
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1360P
12C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6128
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-1250E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-11600T
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7800X
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10500H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-11600K
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2276M
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
503 entries
503 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
480 entries
480 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
633 entries
633 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
580 entries
580 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,597 entries
1,597 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,546 entries
1,546 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
2,357 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,290 entries
2,290 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries
719 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries
1,098 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries
1,093 entries
News and articles for the Intel Core i3-12100F
The Intel Core i3-12100F is a desktop/server processor released by Intel in the first quarter of 2022. The processor comes from the twelfth generation of Intels i3 family.
The processor has four CPU cores with eight threads. The cores are built with 4x Golden Cove and uses the Hyperthreading technology developed by Intel, the processor cannot be overclocked. The clock frequency of the processor is 3.30 gigahertz, the turbo clock frequency (1 core) is 4.30 gigahertz and the turbo clock frequency (4 cores) is 4.00 GHz. The processor supports DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 memory types. It has 2 memory channels and a maximum of 128 GB of RAM can be used. The bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. PCIe is integrated in the 5.0 generation with 20 PCI Express lanes.
The minimum thermal design power (TDP) of the Intel Core i3-12100F is 58 watts and the maximum TDP is 89 watts. The maximum allowed heat for the processor is 100 °C.
The chip design is monolithic. The processor is based on the LGA 1700 socket. The architecture is based on Alder Lake S and the processor is compatible with Windows 10 and 11, as well as Linux operating systems. The release price for the processor was $97 in the first quarter of 2022.
In the Cinebench R23 (single-core) test, the Intel Core i3-12100F has a score of 1,658 and is therefore only slightly below the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. In the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) test, the processor scored 8,443 points and is therefore only just below the Intel Core i7-9700F with 8,540 points. It scored 642 points in the Cinebench R20 (single-core) test and 3,204 points in the Cinebench R20 (multi-core) test. It scored 242 points in the Cinebench R15 (single-core) test and 1,204 points in the R15 (multi-core). It scored 1,716 points in Geekbench 5, 64bit (single-core) and 6,428 points in Geekbench 5, 64bit (multi-core).
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